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French sides' winning streaks in danger
After taking the lead in group A last week, Paris Saint-Germain will be put to a test when travelling to Porto, as the Portuguese scored their first point of the campaign in the previous round. Two games that were decided by last-minute goals in round 6 will feature in round 9: Magdeburg vs GOG and Dinamo vs Zagreb. Plock, on the other hand, will not be favourites at throw-off against Veszprém, after losing their last three games.
The penultimate Match of the Week of 2022 on Wednesday features two teams from group B, when OTP Bank - Pick Szeged host Lomza Industria Kielce. Defending champions Barça face Aalborg in the re-match of the 2021 final, while the two bottom-ranked clubs Celje and Elverum lock horns in Slovenia. HBC Nantes hope to extend their winning run at a Kiel side struggling to find consistency.
It is going to be a tough match. Plock is a good team. Unfortunately for them, they had some injuries, but they still have a lot of quality. We had some problems there at the beginning of the second half.
They will come here motivated, and they will try to steal some points. We do not want to allow this for them.
Playing against Szeged is always an uncomfortable task. Not only for us but for every team. Pick had some problems at the beginning of the season. But now this is passed, they won three of the four last games, losing only in Kielce. The public knows that Juan Carlos Pastor is leaving the club after the season, maybe after the announcement the chemistry inside the team is better, who knows?
Moreover, Bence Banhidi’s return after a long injury gives Szeged new possibilities in the positional attack. This is good news for playmakers because such a machine is at their disposal.
Both teams have their own goals. We are expecting a difficult game. But we want to go to Hungary to play good handball and come back with two points.
We know Aalborg very well. They play very good in offence and we are playing good in defence. Against Kiel we had more turnovers than usual and we have to reduce our mistakes. Playing at home, in front of our fans, we have to win this game.