SUMMARY: Aalborg take MOTW victory; Barça book quarter-finals

SUMMARY: Aalborg take MOTW victory; Barça book quarter-finals

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After the international break, the Machineseeker EHF Champions League returned with round 11 — and it delivered plenty of big results, including the end of a long drought for Aalborg in the Match of the Week. 

20230209 WISLA MAGDEBURG 53
It was a difficult match for both teams and a fantastic spectacle. I am very pleased with how our team performed. This match could have ended in a win for both sides. We played very good defence in the first half and controlled [Gisli Thorgeir] Kristjansson, who is probably one of the best one-on-ones in the world, and all our defence was very good. In the second half we had a lot of problems and missed opportunities, but Marcel Jastrzebski stood up to the challenge, hitting many fantastic balls and helping us on the way to victory. Of course, without defence and teamwork, we couldn't win.
Xavi Sabate
Plock coach
09022022 Hbcnantes Celje Gabersek
It’s two amazing points. Both teams fought really well. We led most of the game. Maybe with a bit of luck, but we deserve this win.
Gal Gabersek
Celje goalkeeper
20220615 CLM Jicha Kiel Quote
We are really happy that we could finally beat Kielce again after such a long time — it was our longest drought against a top European team. We did almost everything right in the first half and had 32 shots on goal. In the second half, it was only 16 throws and we only scored nine goals. Kielce fought like hell and stopped us. But in the end, our opponents are a Champions League finalist and one of the best teams on this planet, so they showed that. We have to learn from our mistakes, but we are happy about these two very important points until tomorrow morning.
Filip Jicha
THW Kiel coach
20230208 Aalborg Pick Szeged Stefan Madsen
It was very important for us to get some points in this group and I was really happy about the way we performed. I think we did a very good job in both defence and attack. We knew it would be a very tough fight with the line players and that we needed to stick together in our defence.
Stefan Madsen
Aalborg coach
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20230208 Porto Dinamo Andersson
We made a really good game, the defence and goalkeeper were totally in sync. We made good practices, we’re fresh and raw and speed in contra-attacks are back. Everything worked today.
Magnus Andersson
Coach, FC Porto
20230208 Veszprem GOG Krickau
We played an incredible match against Veszprém, we used our chances well, so of course we are very happy with the result. We managed to win in this fantastic arena, we honestly did not expect it, but of course we are very happy that we can play with such game intelligence until the end.
Nicolej Krickau
Coach, GOG

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