Confidence and the feeling of playing at home characterize the Swedish team ahead of the World Cup 2015 in Denmark, reveals national coach Thomas Sivertsson in this exclusive interview with stregspiller.com. By Peter Bruun “We do not need to fear any opponent anymore!” These words come from Thomas Sivertsson, coach of Sweden´s women´s handball team and the statement illustrates quite well …
“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” (Voltaire)
Round five of the women’s EHF Champions League. By Peter Bruun Group A – Rostov-Don vs Larvik 26:25 (15:14) A Star is Born Before the Match “Never did so many owe so much to so few”, said Winston Churchill in 1940 in one of his most important World War II speeches. Of course, the occasion was much less serious at …
She Is Back!
By Peter Bruun Match of the Week – Champions League (W) Round 5 Group C – Gyor Audi ETO KC vs HC Vardar 28:27 (14:17) Before the Match Both teams were under meaningful pressure to secure valuable points for the tournament’s Main Round after they both suffered defeats at home earlier in the competition. Vardar was also seeking to revenge …
Can Money Buy Success?
Yes it can! If you spend it right! By Peter Bruun “Money can´t buy me love” sang The Beatles in 1964. Twenty-five years earlier, in the immortal film “Gone With The Wind”, Rhett Butler said “…but it can buy you a very fine copy!” Probably, both statements are still correct, but in sport, a copy will not do. So …
Simply The Best
Match of the Week – Champions League (W) Round 4 Group D – Buducnost Podgorica – CSM Bucuresti 23:23 (12:13) Before the Match It was loud but not sold out at Moraca Hall when Buducnost’s players entered the court to the tune of Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best”. 3,500 spectators had gathered in anticipation of an encore performance of the …
We Must Be In Focus All The Time…
…said Jan Pytlick during a time-out in the second half of the match between FC Midtjylland and his club, ZRK Vardar. A statement no entirely free of irony given the fact that his team was leading by six goals while the squad from his Danish home country had just scored their third point, deep into the second period. Helle Thomsen’s …
Trick-or-Treat
Trick-or-Treating is a Halloween custom in many countries on October 31 of each year. Children in costumes travel from house to house asking for treats such as candy with the phrase “Trick-or-Treat”. The “trick” is the usually (idle) threat to perform mischief on the homeowner if no treat is given. This past Halloween weekend saw plenty of “tricking” and much …
Mørk & Mørk
In the second round of the 2015/16 Women’s Champions League, Larvik bounced back with a convincing performance in Baia Mare. Nine goals from each of the Mørk twins, Nora and Thea, assured Larvik of much needed points. Only 48 hrs. later Denmark’s FC Midtjylland celebrated a surprise victory against the All-Star team from Gyor. Isabelle Gullden enjoyed a victorious “Home …
“Of course, it will be special!”
Playing against her former teammates from FC Midtjylland will be an emotional experience for current Gyor player Nycke Groot. By Peter Bruun For one of the players on the court of Gyor’s Audi Arena it will be a particularly special experience, when the two Ukrainian referees Tetyana Rakytina and Iryna Tkachuk blow the whistle for the start of the Champions …
Open Season
Finally – the 2015/16 Women’s Champions League season went underway matching Romania’s “All-Star” team CSM Bucuresti with Poland’s MKS Selgros Lublin. Find all important information below. Before the Match While CSM Bucuresti’s coach Kim Rasmussen had a complete bench at his disposal, his counterpart Sabina Wlodek had to do with only eleven players. Amongst the one’s missing were Lublin’s left …