June 23, 2021 16:12
A repeat of last year’s RSL Final 4 league final is on the doorstep, but whether it will also have similar outcomes and winners as last year is far from decided in advance. Get an overview of what awaits in the magnificent final brawl between Skovshoved and Værløse here in the battle to become Danish champions 2021 here.
It was two extremely strong, battle-ready and excited teams that played in the RSL Final 4 final on Tuesday.
First, Værløse surprised with a big victory of 5-1 over the clear favorites and basic game winners, Vendsyssel. Later it was Skovshoved who, with among others Viktor Axelsen and Natalia Koch Rohde on the team card, took the fuse on Team Skælskør-Slagelse, which was also defeated 1-5.
Thus, the defending champions, Skovshoved, face the defending silver winners from Værløse on Wednesday night, who apparently intend to give everything they have to prevent history from last year from repeating itself.
At least that’s what Skovshoved’s coach, Henrik PK Rohde, is preparing his players for.
– Last year, Værløse did not really reach the final in the same way as they did in the semifinals last year and this year, and you probably do not do that twice. So we are very clear that they come with the level we saw from them in the semifinal against Vendsyssel, says Henrik PK Rohde.
Read also: Skovshoved books second final place with a solid victory over TSS
According to Værløse coach Tanja Berg, the hope is that the mental and physical surplus is greater tonight than it was in last year’s final showdown.
– Compared to last year, we will definitely be more ready for the match. It was a really tough match we had in the semifinals last year, where we also had not trained properly or played matches for several months. So I think that this year we will be less used and less tired, and I hope that the profit both mentally and physically can help us to bounce a little more than we did last year, says Tanja Berg.
Read also: Weatherless surprises with a big win in the first RSL Final 4 semifinal
Unsurprisingly and to the delight of the spectators on the stands and behind the television screens, both final teams pose with their strongest players and line-ups identical to the semi-final line-ups. This means that tonight’s mutual matches look like this:
Værløse vs. Skovshoved
1. MD
Mathias Thyrri Jørgensen / Mai Surrow vs. Carsten Mogensen / Sara Lundgaard
2. MD
Andreas Søndergaard / Julie Finne-Ipsen vs. Joel Eipe / Mette Poulsen
1. DS
Julie Dawall Jakobsen vs. Natalia Koch Rohde
2. DS
Sofie Holmboe Dahl vs. Sophia Grundtvig
1. HS
Rasmus Messerschmidt vs. Viktor Axelsen
2. HS
Ditlev Jæger Holm vs. Rasmus Gemke
1. DD
Julie Finne-Ipsen / Mai Surrow vs. Mette Poulsen / Sara Lundgaard
1. HD
Andreas Søndergaard / Daniel Lundgaard vs. Joel Eipe / Rasmus Kjær Pedersen
2. HD
Mathias Thyrri Jørgensen / Ditlev Jæger Holm vs. Carsten Mogensen / Rasmus Gemke
Badminton Denmark naturally follows all the glories from the final, and you can follow for interviews, behind the scenes content, match report, results and much more here on badminton.dk and on our social media pages; facebook, instagram, twitter.
The gold match can of course be watched live on TV 2 Sport.
We wish the two final teams a very good match! May the best team win.
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