Odense Handball are ready for the quarter-finals in the women’s Champions League.
It came with a victory 25-23 over Copenhagen Handball on Saturday afternoon in Odense, denmark in the penultimate round of the group stage.
the Match decision fell in the last 38 seconds.
At the break was Odense in front with 13-11 after a nervous affair with plenty of errors and forced shutdowns.
But the battle’s significance was not to be mistaken, and with the defeat of Copenhagen Handball without the possibility for further advancement.
Odense met even to battle without four players.
Right back Mette Tranborg, playmaker Nadia Offendal, left back Stine Jørgensen and goalkeeper Althea Reinhardt all sat out for various reasons.
In the duel with Odense’s only fit keeper, Tess Wester, started the Copenhagen goalkeeper Emily Stang Sando best, and the Norwegian, who has previously played for Odense, was a major reason that Copenhagen could shoot themselves at 6-3 after nine minutes.
the Danish head coach Jan Activities called the timeout to talk the stress out of his forjagede attack.
A few of the copenhagen stolpeskud and five minutes later it was Odense in front 7-6. And this despite the fact that Susanne Madsen and Ingvild opting for indirect routes of backerne burned part.
on the other hand, Copenhagen’s direct and fluent attacking at a standstill, and Susanne Madsen raised the level and knocked Odense a little surprising at 11-9 after 21 minutes.
At the break had the two teams combined burned 25 shots and made nine technical errors.
the second half started very nervously.
Very telling came to Copenhagen at 13-13 after the first to have made a technical error in the majority, and then scored in the empty goal from his own half, after Kelly Dulfer snatched the ball from a Chicago player.
Guests also reached to get ahead, before the hard fighting Odense-team ate back in the lead, and Copenhagen-the players still made too many mistakes.
Maybe it was in the back of my mind that Copenhagen had not won over Odense in the three attempts this season.
But three in a row from Mai Kragballe sent guests at 18-16, and Odense had only scored three goals in 13 minutes in the second half.
in Addition to be able to fatigue also soon be expected in the game.
But five minutes time hung Odense on through 22-22.
Guest Debbie Bont got a deportation three minutes before time, and Trine Østergaard equalized on penalties to 23-23.
38 seconds before the time had Odense the ball after a settled time-out.
First, a goal of opting for indirect routes and ago by Kathrine Heindahl brought great jubilation in Odense.
When the two clubs met in their first showdown in the Champions League group, it ended in a tie 24-24.
In the last round of the group stage both the Danish clubs on the difficult tasks. Copenhagen takes against Metz, while the Odense meeting in Rostov at stamford bridge.
