Unbeaten former Champions League winners clash at Flensburg

Three teams of the ‘death group’ of the VELUIX EHF Champions League are unbeaten after two rounds, and two of them face each other on Wednesday when Flensburg host Barcelona. The third, Veszprém, have the high hurdle at Plock, while Kiel and PSG are on away missions, too.

Flensburg vs. Barcelona is the re-match of the first ever VELUX EHF FINAL4 match which needed to be decided by penalties.

Bjerringbro host the second German team in a row – after Flensburg, now it will be Kiel.

Schaffhausen’s Gabor Czaszar will face his second former club – after Veszprém, now it will be PSG.

Plock are eager to end their series of unlucky defeats against Veszprém.

SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) vs. FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) Wednesday, 18:30 hrs. local time, live on ehfTV

Both sides faced each other three times in 2014, and though Barcelona won two of them, they still are disappointed about the third duel.

In the semi-final in Cologne, they gave a six-goal lead away and were beaten in the first ever penalty shoot-out of the VELUX EHF FINAL4. The story continued with the “flensational” Champions League triumph of the Vranjes side.

Now, both sides are on top of Group A – Barcelona (eight-time champions) as the only team with the maximum four points after their lucky win against Kiel; Flensburg one point behind after a draw against Veszprém and the win at BSV.

“I am sure that our fans can cause an atmosphere which will carry our team to another success,” Flensburg manager Dierk Schmäschke says.

“We want to turn it around after we lost our last home duel against the Champions League …

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