By triumphing over the Barcelona scarecrow at the end of the Final 4 in Cologne (33-28), Kiel offered himself a fourth coronation in the Champions League after 2007, 2010 and 2012. Accompanied by the 8 goals of the Swedish Niclas Ekberg and the 7 others of the former Parisian Sander Sagosen, the champions of Germany triumphed over the best team in Europe of the past year, unbeaten for more than 60 matches. PSG winners in the semifinals, the Catalans, like the tricolor Dika Mem (4 goals), stumbled on a huge Niklas Landin (14 saves, 34% success) and have still not won the C1 since 2015.
Survivors in the semi-finals, Filip Jicha’s men offer their coach his first continental title as a coach after winning the Champions League ten years previously with Kiel, already against Barcelona and already in Cologne.
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