Summary: Teams prepare for Raiffeisen Bank EHF FINAL4
The day before the Raiffeisen Bank EHF FINAL4 is a busy one for everyone in Budapest. While the teams train and take part in this afternoon's media calls, organisers are making sure the MVM Dome is ready to welcome the players and 20,000 fans tomorrow.
I win this Champions League with Györ as a player, as a coach also, so when I’m here normally I’m here with a green shirt, and with a green heart. I don’t miss any (EHF) FINAL4 as a spectator, and I was always cheering Györ, so it will be the first time in all my life that I will not cheer Györ but I will cheer Brest.
We're not thinking about who is the favourite or not. We know that we can always play against any team and that also Györ aren't unbeatable. They were also already beaten this season twice, so why not also in the semi-finals?
We don’t want to make any pressure, because it’s so nice to be here. They just need to enjoy and play the handball because they love the handball, not because they are just here to win something. In the end, of course, if you get this attitude and you really play like a team, we can do something big.
It should be a pleasure to have the favourite, because I think we always will be. It is a privilege, because people think you are good and we have been good. We are also realistic that we know that we play three other teams who are on a really high level.
We always feel the support of our fans, especially at home in our arena, but also on every away game we have amazing fans who show up every game. And I think also this weekend there will be a lot of green jerseys in the audience. We are so grateful and thankful for our fans and they're always supporting us. And of course, we also want to give back to them and give back to ourselves also for this season. We want to go for three out of three trophies.
It’s always been a dream to play the FINAL4, so it's a dream come true for me, but I'm not happy with just being here, as I want to perform and play good handball and to play for these medals. I'm really excited about what's coming over the next two days.
In the past few years we’ve also had great seasons with very few defeats, but in the end we finished fourth. It gives us confidence because we won big matches, but we can’t rely too much on that because we know it’s always different when we’re here.
