Montpellier take top spot despite loss in Göppingen
Only a little was at stake in group A tonight, as four teams had already secured their play-offs tickets. Only one thing was left unknown: whether Göppingen could take the top spot off Montpellier - the team they were hosting tonight.
And the French side did not fear its position as their opponents took a four-goal advantage only once, in the first half, unable to keep up the rhythm afterwards.
In the other games, Kadetten Schaffhausen and Benfica, two sides already through, took the wins against the two eliminated teams, Fejer B.A.L. Veszprem and Presov.
We were in front the whole game. In the first half we only let in 11 goals from Montpellier. It was a great performance from Sego who saved 8 balls. For sure Montpellier are a top team so we couldn’t open a big distance between us and them. In the attack in the second half we lacked the power and energy. But we wanted to win the game and that’s what we did.
We have to congratulate the team, and the guys for winning 14 points in this group. We didn't expect this at the beginning of the group phase.
