Three is the lucky number – but for whom?

  Can THW Kiel make it to a Men’s EHF Champions League final for the seventh time or can MVM Veszprem go one step better than last year and win? These are the major questions ahead of the duel of two powerhouses with a long common history.   VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-Final 2   THW Kiel (GER) vs MVM Veszprem (HUN) Saturday 28 May, 18:00 hrs (local time), live on ehfTV.com from 17:45   Three is the magic number in the second semi-final of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 2016.   That is the number of former THW Kiel players who are now in MVM Veszprem’s squad – Aron Palmarsson, Christian Zeitz and Momir Ilic.   This semi-final is the third time this season the teams will meet in the VELUX EHF Champions League after home wins in the respective group phase matches against each other.   For the third time in a row the German and the Hungarian record championship winners line-up against each other in a semi-final of the VELUX EHF FINAL4, with one win for each team before; Kiel made it to the final in 2014 and then Veszprem won through at the last edition in 2015.     If the Hungarian side win, it would mean their third Men’s EHF Champions League final in history after 2002 (defeated by SC Magdeburg, coached that time by Alfred Gislason) and 2015, where they lost against FC Barcelona.   Three-time Champions League winner, Dominik Klein is aiming for a golden farewell from Kiel. He is the last player of the current …

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