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SUMMARY: Teams looking sharp on eve of semi-finals
One more day to go until the long-awaited TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 2023 throws off in Cologne with Saturday's semi-finals SC Magdeburg vs Barça and Paris Saint-Germain HB vs Barlinek Industria Kielce. The last day of preparations included a media call at the teams' hotel and the opening party at LANXESS arena on Friday.
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Everyone thinks that it is all easy for us. But we work hard and we don’t know how to lose. We are prepared to show our best performance tomorrow. At the EHF FINAL4, there is no favourite, we all have the same chance.
I said last year that we will come back next year. Here we are and this year we will be better and hopefully we come home with the trophy. For many players last year's tournament was their first EHF FINAL4, so this year we have the experience to actually win it.
I have been here many times before, and I know it is useless to make predictions. Anything can happen here in Cologne, as the EHF FINAL4 is completely different from the rest of the season. I am confident we can do something good, but we will first try to enjoy the moment and then see what happens.
That might give us a boost of confidence but I am Barça worked extra hard to know exactly how to beat us, as they don’t want to lose three times in a row against us. We saw on video what could be their weak points, but it is one thing to see it on the screen and one other to be able to do it on the court. I think it will still be a 50-50 game.
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