IFK Kristianstad – Telekom Veszprém 32:29

 

 

IFK Kristianstad: Larsson, Kappelin – Hansson, Nyfjäll, Arnarsson 2, Henningsson 2, Nilsen 6, Canellas 5, Gudmundsson 7, Freiman, Persson, Ehn 4, Einarsson 1, Jurmala, Chrintz 4 (2), Halen 1

 

Telekom Veszprém: Mikler – Manaskov 3 (1), Tonnesen 3, Gajic 2, Nilsson 2, Nagy 3, Marguc 2 (1), Strlek 2, Terzic, Blagotinsek, Nenadic 2, Mahé 4, Jamali 1, Mackovsek 2, Lékai 3

 

Penalties: 3/2 and 3/2

Suspensions: 10 min. and 6 min.

 

 

David Davis: I think we started the match good. We lost a lot of balls, made technical mistakes, but I expected that more or less for the first half. The second half was totally a disaster. I tried to change the defense but it did not work. I was not ready for this. The team works fantastic and I am very happy for them but when a game comes we collapse and we cannot move forward. But we keep trying, we keep training and do our best until the end of the season. It is a very complicated moment for us but we will keep on working.

 

Andreas Nilsson: Congratulations to Kristianstad on the two point. I agree with my coach. I think something happens when we step on the court on game days. I do not know what. The Kristianstad punished us in the whole game. We did not deserve the win today and we are very disappointed in ourselves. The two points stay here, I think it is well deserved.

 

 

Ola Lindgren: Of course, we are happy for this victory. We had problems in the Champions League before that but in the last week we had good performance already against Montpellier and gave us some confidence. We did not start good, we had problems in defense. But we worked hard and took us back to the game step by step. We decided to run a lot just to put on them some pressure. They changed defense so we tried to run as much as we could. I am very happy and proud how we managed to play in the second half. We wanted to win this game in front of our fans. I thank to Veszprem for this fair game. We see each other next week. I expect much tougher match in Veszprém.

 

Marc Canellas: I agree with my coach. We did not start the game well, we had problems in defense and lost a lot of balls. The second half was more intense but we lost less ball than we used to in the Champions League. I am very happy about this because it seems we are getting better. Comparing to our earlier Champions League games it was much difficult to us getting points on those matches. We have many young players but it seems to be that everything is starting to work well. We are very happy about it.

 

 

Photos: David Vörös