Confident teams in neighbour derby

On Sunday, there will be two confident teams meeting in the VELUX EHF Champions League Group A match in Aarhus.

Not only are Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and SG Flensburg-Handewitt undefeated in their national leagues, but both teams also avoided defeat in their first matches this season in Europe’s elite competition.

Through a stunning comeback, Flensburg settled for a 24:24 draw at home against Telekom Veszprém, despite being down 21:17 with 10 minutes left in game. The score was 23:20 with only five minutes left.

“Heart and passion” were the key words, according to the Flensburg camp after the comeback, which made it quite easy for the North German club to live with missing their 100th home win in Europe.

However, a win is a must, when the Flensburg team – a squad with six Danish players in their roster – travel north of the border to face Danish champions, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg.

“Yes, we need the two points and I think we are the favourites,” says line player, Henrik Toft Hansen, who is a former player of Silkeborg. “We will go to Denmark to take two points. It is a short trip, the atmosphere within the team is great and when we look at the tournament, we simply need two points in this match in order to be able to compete in this extremely tough group.”

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg did even better than Flensburg in their first match, when it comes to earning points. The Danish champions won 25:24 away against Swiss champions, Kadetten Schaffhausen, …

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