Gummersbach - The FC-Stars came geschlaucht, but full strength of her trip to Iceland to go home. The beautiful Sunday but they had to spend at the airport Berlin-Schoenefeld, because the connecting flight to Cologne was only in the evening hours.
In the waiting room she got to the bad news from Kiel. The French exception handball Nikola Karabatic has severely hurt. After a nasty foul of the Tunisian Issam Tej at 34:32 - (20:12)-win for the Champions League opener at Montpellier, at worst, a threat of the glenoid cavity surgery and a six-month break.
"Tej is infamous. For Nikola I'm sorry, "said VfL sporting director Francois-Xavier Houlet. "For us, it makes the task a little easier on Wednesday." Then comes the triple-winner of the Baltic Sea, namely Kracher in the Cologne Arena (15 clock). "Montpellier has been associated with an aggressive coverage in difficulties. Maybe that's the key, "says Houlet.
When superior 33:24 - (19:10)-Success in Reykjavik Gummersbacher had been able to rest their stars. Against the zebras can not. Coach Alfred Gislason: "We play against the best handball team in the world. Since everyone has to go to his limit. Otherwise we have no chance. "
