A premiere on holy handball ground

  Neither KS Vive Tauron Kielce nor Paris Saint-Germain Handball, contenders of the first semi-final, have ever made it to the final of a VELUX EHF Champions League before and for PSG it is their first-ever time at the showpiece event that is the VELUX EHF FINAL4.   Despite their lack of experience of the final weekend the French champions go to Germany as favourites against Kielce. But the team from Poland will try hard to end their Cologne curse, as they always lost their semis so far.   VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-Final 1   KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball (FRA) Saturday 28 May, 15:15 hrs (local time), live on ehfTV.com from 14:45   Paris Saint-Germain Handball are one of the highest-class debutants ever at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 and though 2016 is the maiden voyage of the French champions at the LANXESS arena, many experts consider Nikola Karabatic & Co. as strong favourites to win the trophy.   Karabatic can make FINAL4 history in Cologne as he would become the first-ever player since the final weekend format started back in the 2009/10 season to defend the title. In the six seasons since, not one single player has held on to the title but Karabatic can. In the 2015 edition he led FC Barcelona to their eighth title in a Most Valuable Player performance before the 2014 IHF World Handball Player of the Year transferred to the French capital.   As Barcelona were eliminated by Kiel at the quarter-final stage this year, Karabatic is now the last survivor of that winning team still in the tournament.   Goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer, like Karabatic, was in the squad of the last (and so far the only French side) to win this competition as they took the honours with Montpellier in …

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