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CSM Bucuresti won the Women’s EHF FINAL4 by beating Győr
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CSM Bucuresti won the Women’s EHF FINAL4 by beating Győr. The Romanian champion had a lot of great performances but MVP Jelena Grubisic and top scorer Isabelle Gulldén stood out.
“It’s always easier to play without any pressure. We played both matches without any pressure, not relaxed but just easy. We were playing our game, we enjoyed handball and I think this was our advantage over other teams who have already been here many times,“ Grubisic said after completing an unpexpected Cinderella’s story of CSM.
Women’s EHF Champions League – Final:
CSM Bucuresti (ROU) vs Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN) 29:26 after 7m shootout (25:25, 22:22, 13:12)
A tremendous crescendo of noise from both sets of fans put down the referees whistle when the last game of Europe’s elite handball competition threw off in the sold-out Papp László arena.
Duels between Jelena Grubisic and Heidi Löke marked the first minutes of the final but it was also a battle of defences as both teams cemented their walls very well. Löke’s goals were answered by Bella Gulldén, who started the final brightly: until the 16th minute the Swedish superstar was the only CSM player who found the way past Győr’s defence.
When she equalised from the seven-meter line with her fifth goal, she officially overtook Ekaterina Ilina on the top scorers’ chart.
Győr beat Bucuresti home and away in the main round but CSM grew so much in confidence that those two games meant nothing and Győr had to give their all to remain up front against their combative opponents, who were backed by the once again mesmerising Grubisic.
Kari Aalvik Grimsbö also made some important saves but her Croatian counterpart made excellent use of her memories as a Győr player. Ambros Martín made quite a few changes but Győr just couldn’t leave CSM behind, what’s more the Romanian outfit took the lead for the first time in the 30th minute.
“It was a very tough final and it was close and it is very hard to think about it right now. I don’t know what to say. Perhaps that we cannot be too hard on ourselves; we need to pick oursleves up again and come back from this and fight for the Hungarian championship,” Grimsbö said after the game.