MADRID, 10 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça defeated Flensburg-Handewitt on Thursday (29-22) on the last day of the group stage, thus achieving the direct ticket to the quarterfinals in Group B.
Carlos Ortega’s team delivered at the Palau leaving PSG in that round of 16 playoff. Kielce was the other team along with the culé that went straight into this ‘group of death’. The current champion pulled the saves of Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas and an inspired Aleix Gómez (9 goals) to take control.
Wanne pulled the Germans, and not a Gottfridson with the lack of freshness that Flensburg seemed to drag. Nine saves by Gonzalo paved the way for Barça in the first half. However, five minutes from the end the score was tightened, but Barça saved a victory with the importance of saving a cross.
The Barça goalkeeper, with his record for saves in the Champions League (18), finished securing the win, along with Gómez, Dika Mem and N’guessan. Pablo Urdangarín had his first minutes with an ovation from the Palau and the champion fulfilled the first goal on his way to defending the continental title.