Welcome to “Peter Bruun’s Corner”. Peter is a Danish freelance journalist since 1999 with 14 years of radio experience including live reports covering the sport of handball as well as football.
He currently writes for UEFA, EHF, Press Association, and Handball Woche to name a few. In this new section, Peter will share his thoughts and insights into the world of handball.
Women´s EHF Champions League quarter-final – 1st Leg stergspiller.com – MATCH OF THE WEEK REVIEW – It looked like a film seen before, as FTC lost their seventh EHF Champions League quarterfinal match in the past four seasons. The Hungarian team showed fine moral, but despite missing Anna Vyakhireva and Ana Paul Rodrigues, Rostov-Don were simply the better and smarter …
INTERVIEW – In a week from now, Vipers Kristiansand may have qualified for their very first EHF Champions League FINAL4 if the Norwegian champions can defeat Buducnost in the quarter-finals. To one of Vipers´ key players, Jeanett Kristiansen, it may also be the last chance to reach the FINAL4 – or even to play the Champions League, at least for …
Womens´s Champions League quarter-final – 1st Leg stregspiller.com – MATCH OF THE WEEK PREVIEW – Three years in a row, the quarter-final has spelled the end of FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria’s run in the Women´s EHF Champions League. This Sunday, the Hungarian club will try again to overcome the curse and finally make it to the FINAL4. Their opponents are …
INTERVIEW – Despite all the cups and precious medals, Nycke Groot collected in Györ over the past four years, she’s still hungry for more. In this exclusive interview with stregspiller.com, she realizes that winning the Champions League may not be a given, once she joins Odense, but she expects to lift that very trophy with the Danish club at some …
By Peter Bruun Top HBC Nantes Not only was it impressive to witness how the French side managed to turn the tables and eliminate Rhein-Neckar Löwen. After all the German side were leading by two goals (34:32) following the first leg in Mannheim. The way Nantes came back before halftime after trailing 7:3 was outstanding and they continued to resist …
Men´s Champions League- Round of Last 16 stregspiller.com – MATCH OF THE WEEK REVIEW – SG Flensburg-Handewitt is the only German team competing in the VELUX EHF Champions League quarter-finals this season. After Rhein-Neckar Löwen were eliminated by Nantes on Saturday, the German champion achieved a different result. In fact, Flensburg decided the match in the first half already, as …
Men´s Champions League stregspiller.com – MATCH OF THE WEEK PREVIEW – On Sunday, SG Flensburg-Handewitt will receive HC Meshkov Brest for the second leg in the Round of Last 16 – it will be Champions League match number 200 for the German champion. Chances are that Flensburg will celebrate the anniversary with a ticket to the quarter-finals, as they beat …
By Peter Bruun Top HBC Nantes A two-goal defeat (34:32) in Mannheim, in the first leg against Rhein-Neckar Löwen despite missing playmaker Nicolas Clair should be considered a success, from the the perspective of Nantes. Yes – Rhein-Neckar were missing players like Jesper Nielsen and Jerry Tollbring, but neither one of them is as critical to their success as Claire …
INTERVIEW – Kim Rasmussen is almost all the way through his three years as coach of Hungary´s women’s national handball team. During this time, his efforts have been restrained by numerous injuries and pregnancies. More recently, a bunch of talented, young players add to renewed optimism. By Peter Bruun Kim Rasmussen has been in charge of the Hungarian women´s national …
Men´s Champions League stregspiller.com – MATCH OF THE WEEK REVIEW – Rhein-Neckar Löwen were leading by five goals with eight minutes left to play, but in the end had to settle for a two-goal win, at home, in the first leg of the Round of Last 16 against HBC Nantes. The result leaves Nantes with a good chance to reach …
