Day review 1: Toulouse upset Gummersbach; Flensburg first team through
The first nine matches in round 4 of the EHF European League Men 2024/25 group matches on Tuesday saw SG Flensburg-Handewitt become the first team to officially book their main round ticket after beating MOL Tatabanya 39:29 in group G. Elsewhere in group H, FENIX Toulouse edged out VfL Gummersbach 31:30, which marked the first defeat from a team from Germany this season.
We are happy that we won today. We would like to win by 10 to be better than Granollers, but we are happy that we took the victory today. Now we still have the opportunity to decide our own faith. The last two matches should be two more victories, and then we will see what happens.
It is not going to be easy to qualify and advance from the group. We have to win at least one of the two games that we have to play. Today was a tough game. In the beginning of the season we did not expect to have a chance like this. So we are happy, but we know, that we have a lot to do.
Today we did not fight until you drop. This was the biggest problem. Every player was thinking about himself and not for the team. Maybe the victory in France made us to quiet.
Last Tuesday we played well for about 40 minutes. So what we changed is very easy — we changed our mentality."
What made the difference is that we may have had a little more desire than them, and perhaps a little more rotation. Defensively we were solid, and even in attack it was fluid. It's good, we have two more points, but now we will have to finish the job.
We are happy to have secured the two points and, with them, advancement from the group matches. I believe this was expected of us, and fortunately, we achieved it. We accomplished what we came here to do.
We played a very good competition today, both in offence and defence. I think even better than in the first match against the team from Głogów. We were able to play a lot of counterattacks, thanks to which we got the victory. I'm happy that we continue the winning streak.