Spectacle ends dry track
Foxes Berlin pay CL quarter-finals twice
Foxes Berlin pay CL quarter-finals twice
02.04.2025, 9:58 p.m.
The Foxes Berlin are in the quarter -finals of the Champions League. Thanks to an outstanding world handball player Mathias Gidsel, the team has reached the top eight again for the first time in 13 years. On the way there they lose two players.
The Foxes Berlin has reached the quarter -finals of the Champions League for the first time in 13 years. The runner -up for the outstanding world handball player Mathias Gidsel was enough in an offensive spectacle against Industria Kielce a 37:37 (21:24) to assert himself from the first leg (33:27) thanks to the sovereign advantage.
The game was as intensely “as an Olympic final,” said Gidel: “Incredibly intensive, many hard duels, many two -minute interruptions, an incredible atmosphere. It was one of the hardest games ever.”
In the fight for participation in the final Four in Cologne (June 14/15), Aalborg HB’s Danish Starren ensemble is now waiting for the team of coach Jaron Siewert at the end of the month. SC Magdeburg also fights in the evening (8.45 p.m./Dyn and DAZN) To participate in the round of the last eight, through the 30:26 in the first leg against Dinamo Bucharest, the German champion has developed a good starting position.
For Berlin, the shiny Gidel (12 goals) scored the most goals in the evening in the Max-Schmeling-Halle, in the first section alone the Danish world champion had already scored ten hits with ten litters. National player Nils Lichtlein also performed strongly. Nevertheless, the six-point cushion from the first leg at 18:21 (27th) halved. In the crunchtime, the Poles again came to four goals (31: 35/54.), But the hosts kept their nerves. Eyewitnesses saw “a blatant game” that, thanks to the many people who traveled with them, was also competitive in the stands.
During the game, the foxes had to cope with the failures of ex-international Fabian Wiede, who injured his back during a defense campaign, and DHB professional Tim Freihofer. The left wing suffered a injury on the ankle and was also unable to continue playing in the first half. The foxes play their first royal class season since 2012/13. The Capital Club 2012 posted the best result, and the Berliners were eliminated in the semi-finals in the only final participation so far.
