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Follow the Champions League quarter-final between Metz Handball and CSM Bucharest live on Let’s Go Metz this Saturday May 4, 2024.
This Saturday Metz Handball has a meeting with its destiny in a Champions League match against CSM Bucharest. After a match won by three goals in Romania, the Metz team has the obligation to succeed in preserving its lead to validate its ticket for the Final 4 of the competition, at the beginning of June in Hungary.
Follow this match, commented live on Let’s Go Metz.
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04/05/2024
Welcome to this live!
Welcome to this live! On the occasion of the Champions League quarter-final between Metz Handball and the CSM Bucharest, Let’s Go Metz invites you to follow the meeting live with commentary. From the arrival of the players to the Arena, until the final whistle, experience the match with us!
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The Metz group for the meeting
Metz Handball has revealed the group which will take part in the meeting. No absence to note in this group of 15 “typical” players.
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A three-goal lead
During the first leg, the Dragonnes won three goals in Bucharest. A meager lead at this stage of the competition but which will still have to be preserved at all costs in order to reach the Final 4.
Take a look back at the quarter-final first leg: https://letsgometz.com/csm-metz-handball-court-avant-pour-les-dragonnes/
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A history between the two teams
Metz Handball and the CSM Bucharest have already met twice in the Champions League quarter-finals.
- In 2018, it was CSM Bucharest who won by eliminating the Dragonnes.
- In 2019, it was Metz Handball which was able to win to reach the first Final 4 in its history
The team that wins the confrontation in 2024 will therefore gain the upper hand in history between the two teams.
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The CSM a “young” team which has already shone
THE CSM Bucharest is a relatively young team on the European stage. Founded in 2007, it won its first national title in 2015 before winning the first European title (and not the least) the following season: the Champions League.
Since then, the Romanian team has finished third in the European competition twice (2017, 2018) and has greatly expanded its trophy room with 5 additional Romanian championships (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023), 6 Romanian Cups ( 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) as well as 5 Romanian Super Cups.
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Familiar faces
Three faces in the ranks of the CSM will inevitably say something to the public at the Arena this Saturday. The Guardian Laura Glauserthe rear Laura Flippes and the center half Grace Zaadi have spent many seasons and lifted many trophies with Metz Handball.
Laura Flippes has also signed up with Metz Handball for a return to Moselle next season, find out more: https://letsgometz.com/laura-flippes-de-viens-a-metz-handball/
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Popular fervor
This quarter-final was able to mobilize great popular fervor. The Arena has been sold out for several days and Dragonnes supporters should be vocal throughout the match.
An arrival of the team to the clamor of yellow and blue encouragement is also planned for 1:30 p.m. on the Arènes square.
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Next meeting on the square!
Next stage of this live, the meeting from 1:30 p.m. on the Arènes square to welcome the Dragonnes!
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The calm before the storm
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The Dragonesses have arrived at the Arena!
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The Messines are preparing…
Like Anne Mette Hansen, the mines are closed almost thirty minutes before kick-off…
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The Romanian concentration
Before returning to Metz Handball, Laura Flippes hopes to reach a Champions League Final Four with CSM Bucharest
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The Arenas are filling up
Twenty minutes before kick-off, the Arena is largely tinged with yellow. The Dragonnes will be able to count on the support of their supporters, in particular that of the Kanor sisters, present in the room.
15:45:03
End of warm-up for Metz Handball
The Dragonnes return to the locker room to the ovation of the public. Last minutes of concentration before the shock…
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CSM Bucharest has its supporters
Some Romanian fans made the long journey between Bucharest and Metz. Let’s hope they don’t leave with the qualification in their baggage.
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Presentation of CSM Bucharest
Ovations for Laura Glauser, Grace Zaadi and Laura Flippes…
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The entrance to Metz Handball
Come on, Arenas! Break your vocal cords!
16:00:38
Kick-off !
Let’s go for the Champions League quarter-final return between Metz Handball and CSM Bucharest! The Dragonnes start with a 3-goal advantage thanks to the first leg victory (24-27) in Romania.
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1-1 (1′): Sarah Bouktit scores the first goal of the match, an immediate response from the Romanians.
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3-1 (2′): Chloé Valentini begins her festival with a lob on the counter-attack
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4-1 (3′): Already +3 for Metz Handball thanks to Kristina Jorgensen! The Arenas are on fire!
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4-2 (5′): Louise Vinter Burgaard is excluded for two minutes.
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4-2 (8′): Neagu misses his throw from 7 meters. Unusual.
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5-3 (9′): Back on the field, Louise Vinter Burgaard lets her left arm do the talking!
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5-4 (10′): Grace Zaadi stands out with a classy goal. In the process, Kristina Jorgensen misses a 7-meter throw.
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Equality!
5-5 (11′): Bucharest finally entered their match and equalized through the inevitable Cristina Neagu.
16:13:38
6-5 (13′): First big save from Hatadou Sako!
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Metz regains a three-goal lead!
8-5 (14′): Anne Mette Hansen’s missile! Metz Handball is once again slightly ahead of CSM Bucharest.
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Laura Glauser comes out of her box
8-5 (16′): Metz Handball plays in numerical superiority for two minutes following the temporary expulsion of Omoregie. Sarah Bouktit, however, scored on Laura Glauser on a 7-meter throw.
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8-6 (18′): Laura Glauser is definitely on fire at the start of the game, with another save 6 meters in front of Anne Mette Hansen.
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8-7 (20′): Bucharest comes back to one unit thanks to a 7-meter throw from Arntzen.
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9-7 (20′): Kristina Jorgensen crosses the Laura Glauser wall with a hip shot.
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10-8 (21′): Jorgensen, again!
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10-8 (21′): Jorgensen, again!
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10-9 (22′): The Danish center half is sent off for two minutes and Arntzen scores another penalty.
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10-10 (23′): Equalization for CSM Bucharest.
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What a fight!
12-11 (24′): In her characteristic style, Louise Vinter Burgaard gives Metz the lead again.
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13-12 (26′). Cristina Neagu. No need to say more.
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14-12 (27′): New 7 meters obtained by Bouktit. It is transformed into a full stag beetle by Alina Grijseels.
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High level of handball
14-13 (28′): Emmanuel Mayonnade takes a time-out. This first half is particularly intense.
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15-13 (29′): What a goal from Louise Vinter Burgaard!
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15-13 (30′): What a save from Hatadou Sako in front of Laura Flippes!
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Halftime at the Metz Arena!
15-14 (30′): It’s the break! Bucharest came back to a very small goal from Metz thanks to a lob from Omoregie. Everything remains to be played…
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Drink well, you will undoubtedly need your voice to encourage Chloé Valentini and her teammates in the second period!
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Here we go again !
Another thirty minutes of handball to dream of a new final four!
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17-15 (33′): Alina Grijseels finds the fault with a 7-meter throw!
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17-15 (36′): The battle continues between the two teams, determined not to give up.
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18-16 (37′): High class goal from Neagu, but Valentini’s response is immediate!
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18-16 (37′): Hatadou Sako!
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Grijseels delivers on a 7 meter jet!
19-16 (39′): Alina Grijseels gives the Dragonnes three points back!
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19-17 (40′): Twenty minutes from the end of the match, Metz Handball still has a five-goal lead over the two matches… We must not give up!
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19-17 (42′): 7-meter throw missed by Arntzen! The balloons are starting to get expensive…
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Bouktit in check
19-17 (43′): Another save from Laura Glauser in front of Sarah Bouktit, very hampered by the Bucharest defense.
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The captain is here!
20-17 (44′): Chloé Valentini!!!
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20-18 (45′): Goal from Neagu (no it’s not a copy and paste)
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21-18 (45′): But in Metz, we have Louise Vinter Burgaard!
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Bucharest hangs on
21-19 (47′): This match will be tense until the end…
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22-19 (47′): Anne Mette Hansen gives Messines some breathing room. The moment chosen by Hatadou Sako to intervene in front of Pintea.
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Metz takes a four-goal lead
23-19 (49′): Chloé Valentini increases Metz’s lead, it’s starting to feel a bit like the Final Four…
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23-19 (49′): THE HATADOU SAKO WALL!
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Metz is getting closer…
24-19 (50′): New goal from Anne Mette Hansen, the Arena explodes! The Dragonnes are ten minutes from returning to Budapest…
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24-21 (52′): Despite the gap, Cristina Neagu is not decided to give up.
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24-21 (52′): Hatadou Sako once again stands in front of Cristina Neagu.
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Grijseels does not tremble
25-21 (53′): Alina Grijseels scores, again, with a seven-meter throw!
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Metz Handball does not want to let go of its Final Four
26-22 (56′): The ghosts of FTC seem far away Metz Handball masters its subject against CSM Bucharest, as evidenced by this new goal from Grijseels!
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27-23 (58′): New goal from Alina Grijseels! It smells very good!
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METZ HANDBALL GOES TO THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL FOUR!
IT’S FINISH ! METZ HANDBALL IS BACK IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL FOUR!
Impressive victory for the Dragonnes (29-23) in the quarter-final return, after the success of the first leg in Bucharest.
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As a great sports commentator would say… What a kick!
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To conquer Europe, see you on June 1st and 2nd in Budapest!
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The Arènes de Metz communicate with their team. A great moment of sport on May 4.
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Thank you for following this live! Metz Handball qualified for the Final Four of the Champions League at the expense of CSM Bucharest. Return to the meeting and reactions to discover soon on letsgometz.com
The match is broadcast on video by Eurosport 2.
Photo credit : Matthieu Henkinet (archive)
