Montpellier, Flensburg extend winning streaks as main round opens

Montpellier, Flensburg extend winning streaks as main round opens

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EHF / Björn Pazen
11 February 2025, 20:45

Montpellier Handball and SG Flensburg-Handewitt both kept their winning streaks from the group matches going when they headed into the EHF European League Men 2024/25 main round on Tuesday. Montpellier downed HC Kriens-Luzern 31:27 in the highlight match, while Flensburg won the all-German duel at VfL Gummersbach 36:31 thanks to the unstoppable trio of Johannes Golla, Simon Pytlick, and Emil Jakobsen, who combined for 25 goals.

Elsewhere, European debutants Limoges Handball started the main round with an impressive 36:32 away win at Ystads IF HF in Sweden. Norwegian centre back Tobias Grøndahl saved a point for his Danish side GOG at Fraikin BM. Granollers by scoring his 13th goal of the night and making it 36:36 in the closing seconds.

HIGHLIGHT MATCH

GROUP I

Montpellier Handball (FRA) vs HC Kriens-Luzern (SUI) 31:27 (16:15)

Boosted by their frenetic crowd in the stands, Montpellier Handball secured a close but deserved victory, as they were ahead for almost the entire 60 minutes. After an equal first half, in which Kriens-Luzern briefly led by two goals (10:8) thanks to their strong Croatian line player Marin Sipic, the hosts took control. In the middle of the second half, their improvement in defence was the key for a 9:3 run and a 25:18 lead, but the Swiss side never gave up. Luzern’s Kevin Bonnefoi won the duel of the French goalkeepers on both sides, saving an overall of 13 shots, more than Rémi Desbonnet and Charles Bolzinger combined for. In the end, a double strike from Djordje Cikusa I Jelicic decided the match. Sipic with seven and Ahmed Hesham with six goals were the to scorers. Kriens-Luzern remain on the two points they had taken with them from the group matches.

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IN OTHER MATCHES:

Fraikin BM. Granollers (ESP) vs GOG (DEN) 36:36 (18:17)

Ystads IF HF (SWE) vs Limoges Handball (FRA) 32:36 (14:16)

VfL Gummersbach (GER) vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) 31:36 (19:18)

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