All-Hungarian final in Budapest as FTC and Érd Qualify

Budućnost Podgorica, FCM Midtjylland and MKS Lublin have to wait one more day for their last opponent in the Women’s EHF Champions League Group Matches, but they already know they all will visit Hungary in near future as two teams from this country will meet in the final of the Qualification Group 2 in Budapest. Érd cruised to the final after an impressive 34:25 win over Swiss team LK Zug Handball while FTC Rail Cargo Hungária had to come from behind in the semi-final match against Lokomotiva Zagreb to win 26:23.

Women’s EHF Champions League Qualification, Group 2 (Budapest) – Semi-final

Érdi NK vs LK Zug Handball 34:25 (18:14)

Érd won this clash with a self confident performance leading from the beginning to the end of the match. There was no doubt that Hungarian team will be victoriuous in their debut in the European top flight, while Swiss champion Zug will have to settle to the Cup Winners’ Cup and Swiss handball will have to wait longer for their first team in the premier European competition.
“I hope it wasn’t our real face. I wanted to give possibility to play to all of our players but I couldn’t. My players were too excited, sometimes they looked like they have never been on the court before. We have to cool down and show we have a place next to the best teams,” Érd coach Edina Szabó said for DigiSport.
Anna Kovács was the top scorer of Érd with eight goals. “We have been expecting a team like this. Sometimes we could raise the difference, but Zug always could come closed. We should fix our mistakes and we just can be better like today. Tomorrow it will be an equal match in the final,” she said.