Aalborg Handball might not quite live up to their ambition to clean up the table in the playoffs and avoid getting involved in the pursuers’ dispute for the second semi-final ticket.
On Sunday evening it was 32-32 at home once morest Ribe-Esbjerg, who are fighting with Mors-Thy for the crumbs behind Aalborg.
– We don’t want to lose at home, but really the result didn’t matter, because we had won the pool. The most important thing was that we didn’t get any injuries, says Lukas Nilsson, who was top scorer with seven goals.
– I hope that Mors-Thy can handle things himself in the last round, adds Aalborg Handball’s Marinus Munk.
The young back ended up as the hero when he scored the equalizing goal a few seconds before time and saved the evening for the almost 5,000 spectators in the Sparekassen Danmark Arena.
– It’s not that often that Stefan Madsen (head coach, ed.) points to me in those situations, but it was just super cool to try. I’m just scratching my head, and it was also important that we gave our many faithful fans a good experience to go home with, says Marinus Munk.
Aalborg Handball was without the trio Mads Hoxer, Simon Hald and Kristian Bjørnsen on Sunday and played in a wide range of unfamiliar formations – both in defense and attack.
Aalborg’s three seniors once morest Ribe-Esbjerg followed behind the bench.
Photo: Torben Hansen
– I think it went quite well that we might rotate so much and still take a point. There should be no doubt that our thoughts are on the match on Wednesday once morest Veszprém. It will be fantastic fun, and I am delighted that we will also get maximum support from our fantastic fans there, says Lukas Nilsson.
Although the Swede himself points out that the match once morest Ribe-Esbjerg was not of great importance, he was still right up in the red field at the end of the match. Here he felt cheated of a free throw when his shirt was torn.
– Now it’s rare that I agree with the referees, but when I’m on the pitch, I can’t control it. Then I just want to win, but I also think that the referee understood that he made a mistake, says the Swede with a twinkle in his eye.
It is Wednesday 18.45 that Aalborg Handball plays the return match in the Champions League. Veszprém won the first match in Hungary by a single goal.
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