Mahe’s last-second strike secures lucky draw for Flensburg

  The 2015 and 2016 VELUX EHF Champions League finalists Veszprem were up by six, but a win was taken from their hands by Flensburg thanks to a double strike in the last 60 seconds by the hosts.  Flensburg have to wait two more rounds for their 100th win in international EHF European Cup home matches, remaining on 99 after 119 games on home ground   Like in the previous year – at Plock – Veszprem started their VELUX EHF Champions League season with a draw   5:4 in the 12th minute was Flensburg’s last lead in the game   Netting seven times, two-times VELUX EHF Champions League top scorer Momir Ilic was Veszprem[s best scorer in the match only topped by the nine goals of Flensburg’s Kentin Mahe GROUP A   SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) vs Telekom Veszprem (HUN) 24:24 (10:13)   The draw was lucky for Flensburg but a result of a great fighting spirit, while like the 2016 VELUX EHF Champions League final the Hungarian record champions let a clear lead slip from their hands after being ahead for 48 minutes.    In the final stages of the first half, Veszprem forged ahead from 9:8 to 13:10 and added more goals to have their first five-goal lead in the 34th minute (16:11).     But Ilic’s sixth goal to make it 18:12 proved to be a wake-up …

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