Summary: Elverum stun PSG with draw; Veszprém take biggest first-leg win

Summary: Elverum stun PSG with draw; Veszprém take biggest first-leg win

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The EHF Champions League Men 2021/22 entered its knockout phase with the first leg of the play-offs on Wednesday and Thursday. Flensburg and Veszprém were the winners of their respective ties, while two other games ended in a draw. 

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It was an amazing match and we are players to play these types of games. Champions League is the highest competition and we are here for this. It was amazing to play for these fans. Unfortunately we couldn’t win, but we made a great result and now we start both at 0:0 and then see who is going next round.
Djibril M’bengue
Porto back
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My team has been working hard for the last two months, but today we only played in the first 15 minutes, but that is proof that after the changes it is difficult to reach the level needed for such matches in a short period of time. Vardar will continue to work, to progress. The players take their work seriously and I believe that we will reach the required level in time.

Nothing is over. We will approach the second match as seriously as possible. I want to thank the fans who cheered us on despite the defeat.
David Davis
Vardar coach
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I have great respect for Vardar and [David] Davis for everything he does with the team. At first, David Davis was my coach, and then he helped me a lot in the beginning of my coaching career.

I did not expect such a result in Skopje. We know that they play great — especially at home in this atmosphere. The first 15 minutes were not good for us. We started the dispute with a lot of standing. We changed the game in defense to 5-1 and I think it was crucial that we led at half-time with four goals. We had a lot of help from the goalkeepers [Rodrigo] Corrales and [Vladimir] Cupara. We are satisfied with the victory, but this is only the first half.
Momir Ilic
Veszprém coach
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There are no weak teams in the Champions League, so if we are playing the play-off to access the quarter-finals we have to expect the greatest games. We will fight and do our best to continue in this competition. Montpellier is a great team but FC Porto also. They have their weapons and so do we. We are excited to play this game.
Magnus Andersson
Porto coach
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It was the hard game we expected. It was a very good game from both defensive lines and both goalkeepers. First of all, we are very happy with the win. We know there is coming a very hard game in Szeged with a full hall so we would have liked to have two or three goals more.
Johannes Golla
SG Flensburg-Handewitt line player
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It was a crazy game. I am just proud of my team. We were fighting for 60 minutes and it paid off with a draw.
Thomas Solstad
Elverum Handball line player
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