Reichmann: You cannot compare those two titles

At the EHF EURO 2016 in Poland, he was the best German scorer to steer his team to the gold medal and became best right wing of the All-star team, on Sunday – two days after his 28th birthday – Tobias Reichmann was part of Vive Tauron Kielce’s miracle win at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 at Cologne.

Netting in eight times in the epic 39:38 win after extra-time and 7-metre shootout against MVM Veszprem, Reichmann was one key to rally back from a nine-goal deficit 15 minutes before the end.

For Reichmann, who transferred to Kielce in 2014, it was the third EHF Champions League trophy after winning the competition with THW Kiel in 2010 and 2012 – but that time his role and importance for the winners was not as high as now.

In this interview with ehfCL.com Reichmann talks about two titles in five months, the crazy final and his challenge to get a nomination for Rio.

ehfCL.com: Looking back on the run-down of the final – what went through your head when Kielce were down by nine with only 15 minutes to play?

Tobias Reichmann: We were out, we were down, we were beaten – and every ten seconds I took a look to the scoreboard, hoping this match would end soon. But then we had this initial ignition – it was not a single action – but maybe Szmal’s two, three saves. From that moment on, everything was running in the …

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