Important clashes await in round 3
While some teams are still looking for their first win in the group phase of the EHF European League Women, others are trying to keep their top placement in their respective groups. Important matches in all four groups are coming your way in round 3.
I'm expecting a very difficult match against Molde. Luckily our home form is much better than our away form, so I hope we can count on it. We know they can play really fast and strong handball, so we prepare for this. If we want to have some chance to go through, for sure we must win this match.
We have a very good momentum in both the French league and the EHF European League. We have been winning games and victories since the beginning of this new year. These victories allow us to have confidence which is very important. Today, our strength is the collective, we can rely on all the girls of the team and each one brings her qualities. We have found our weapon of war.
Besancon has played very well so far. They have great home fans and a great atmosphere in their arena. They play a fast game, have quick wingers, a very good playmaker and an agile defense. We have to play very patient and avoid mistakes. If not, they will punish us.
We are looking forward to playing against Ikast on Saturday, which will certainly be a good experience for us. We know, that the Danish team is among the most powerful in this match series, may I say, they are playing handball on the Champions League level. So we are not thinking about the results of Saturday's match, our main objective is to play an exciting game.
New match home in Fana Arena. We feel like we`ve had 45 good minutes in both of the previous games. Now we`re going full steam ahead to get our first European League win
At Sundays game it’s two undefeated teams meeting in Stavanger Idrettshall, both with four points after two rounds in the group phase. Perhaps a little surprising result given the advance tips when the groups became ready.
Both teams are in the flow zone and in good shape at the moment, so there is no doubt that it will be an exciting game on Sunday this week.
The Thuringians play a good defence and are very dangerous in their forward game. We will prepare very well this week. We want to get to the optimum in terms of fighting and playing.
