The quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League Men concluded this week with three of the four ties going right down to the wire. Here's how it went down. You said no to using cookies or similar tools that help improve your experience. To see this content, you would need to update your Privacy Preferences. What a couple of days and what a season it has been so far. That has earned them a ninth trip to Cologne out of a possible 12, making them all-time leading participants.
PSG are heading for the fifth time, Nantes for the second and Aalborg will make their debut at the event. Now that we have our four remaining contenders, we can look forward to seeing who will face-off in the semi-finals! More information to follow right here on eurohandball. It was never in doubt for the Spanish champions, who were superior in every department over the two legs but particularly tonight.
I can't wait! Based on this season's showing, they will go to Cologne as favourites once again, a tag which has not been their friend over the years.
Can this year be different? I reckon it's fair to say at this stage that we have our fourth team for Cologne. Brest draw level for a moment but much like last week, the Catalan club look capable of stepping up a gear or two whenever they need it. It's four goals for Mikita Vailupau already but his side trail after 10 minutes. We have two French teams and one Danish team heading to Lanxess Arena next month. Who would have thought that? Down the other end, Corrales makes a big save of his own, from a Rivera penalty.
Nobody wants to score right now The home side lead , if Nantes get one more goal, then they need a five-goal win. When it works for Borozan, it really works but his 3 goals from 5 shots betrays the amount of attacks he's wasted with attempts to do everything by himself. Who will keep their cool? In fact, a Balaguer lob has just given Nantes a lead! Nantes make a switch between the posts with Cyril Dumoulin coming in and the veteran keeper makes two early saves, Nantes win a penalty down the other end and Valer Rivera cuts the gap on the night to two goals - Moments like this have been a bit of a rarity so far tonight with just 7 saves between the two sides.
