Buducnost and Sola seek first points; Krim reach historic milestone
The upcoming weekend brings new action across Europe as eight teams prepare to host round 7 of the EHF Champions League Women 2025/26.
Storhamar are a good team, and they have been getting some Champions League experience over the last years. I expect that we will win if we play like we have been doing, but at the same time we know that these kind of teams come to Györ without anything to lose.
I think we should look forward to playing against the very best. The biggest challenge will be to stop all the one-on-one duels that many of the Györ players are extremely good at. At the same time, it will be to stop the collective attacking game that varies greatly depending on which team they play against.
Metz have already proven how strong they are, as they reached the FINAL4 last year and this season they have only lost to Györ, so they are a very strong team. We just need to focus on our own performance — if we bring out our maximum, we can reach an open endgame, and that’s our goal.
We will really have to raise our game and put in a top-notch performance this Saturday if we want to beat a team that gives everyone a hard time, and is coming off a very important win against Storhamar, with quality, experienced players who can offer a lot. We take this opponent very, very seriously and we know they can cause us problems.
Buducnost have played well recently in spite of the results. They have 'savagery' in their game and a fight that I am quite impressed by. We arrive at this game with confidence, and can perform at the same level as we have done in the past games, we should have good chances at getting the win.
It means a lot to us that we can see progress in our game and visible improvement. We have reached the right rhythm, with better and more positive energy as we travel to Denmark. We believe that both our individual and team quality can lead us to another good performance. Our goal is to stop their fast breaks, concede as few goals as possible, and keep our defence at a high level.
The match against Borussia is extremely important and challenging for us, like all Champions League matches. We'll have to keep a close eye on Grijeels' attacking play; she's the team's playmaker and brains on the court. I think it will be a hard-fought match right down to the wire, and I hope that with the support of our fans we can secure the victory.
I think it's going to be like a cauldron. I know that from last year. The spectators are already heated, which is something you have to prepare for, but also something to look forward to. I think we have to focus a lot on ourselves. We need to get our tempo and defence back on track and make fewer technical errors than we did against Esbjerg. Gloria have a really good team, which they demonstrated with their victory against Esbjerg.
I think we truly trust the process. We know we are a new team, and at the beginning we didn’t know much about one another. Time has been our best ally during this period. We believe in what we are doing every single day, building the team brick by brick. It was difficult after the tough start, but after two victories in a row, we were very happy and proud of ourselves.
We’re happy with the two points we fought for in Bucharest, as every point in this tournament is important if we want to maintain our position in the group. After quite a few away games, I hope we can finish strong in Krim before completing the job at home next weekend. As I said, every point counts, so now it’s all about finishing well before the international break.
We’re looking forward to facing CSM Bucuresti, with our former teammate Kristina Novak on the opposite side of the court. We just have to keep developing and growing throughout our participation in the Champions League, and we’ll fight with everything we have to keep the points in Norway.
It will be a special moment to play “at home” against my former club, but I’m excited. We’re looking forward to a good match and want to show ourselves from our best side.
It’s our last home game of the year, so we’re determined to finish well in front of our fans. This is the first match of the back-to-back clashes against FTC. We’ll try to keep the same momentum against a strong team with a lot of quality. Our goal is to keep our winning streak going and stay at the top of the group.
Podravka is a team that runs really fast, so we have to be ready to stand up to the high tempo and intensity that they will try to bring into the match. They have a couple of big stars that we have to be prepared for, while we also really want to put in a good end to our home games this side of Christmas.
We have another tough away game ahead of us, this time against Ikast. Our goal is certainly to improve our defence, which has been very bad in the last three games. We need to raise the level of our defence and try to reduce our technical mistakes. We have two games against Ikast next, so our focus is only on them and we want to get a few points.
