THW Kiel - Rhein Neckar Löwen ist much more than a simple semifinal of the most important European competition. In the last days, Jesper Nielsen, the manager of the Löwen, took care to heat at maximum the atmosphere before the game...
What did this Mister say? "The right punishment für Kiel shoud be an international ban for two years, to start with minus 20 points in the next season of the Bundesliga. The THW’s reputation ist ruinated, the whole success of this club is built-on cheating". (...)
"If I have been the main sponsor in Kiel, I would retire immediately until the whole situation ist cleared. Why does Provinzial not do it, are they also involved? (...)
"Moral and Ethics did not interest THW." (...)
On the field, there will the players who will "talk" and surely they will do it much better. The match today has all the necesarry ingredients to become an unforgettable handball game. There will stay face to face the best German teams in this moment, Kiel, the German Champions, and Löwen, who are second in the ranking.
"To play the first leg on home soil is surely not ideal, but it doesn’t matter, we have to show very fast the opponent who we are. We must to show them that we didn’t have enough of success and that we are not at all understrength. We give everything on the field no matter the context. We look for the success. We want to win the Champions League. So, it doesn’t matter against who and where we play. We will do what we can the best: to play handball, "said Niko.
The dispute against Löwen is special for Nikola, because he will play against one of the former best player in the world, Jackson Richardson: "It is a strange feeling. I have the impression that I went back into that time when Jack still played. It is a pleasure to play against him, for everything that he means. But regarding my determination, this doesn´t change it at all."
THW Kiel - Rhein-Neckar Löwen, today, beginning with 17 o’clock, live on Eurosport in Germany and with 17:30 on Sport + in France; in internet live on www.ehftv.com
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