But after a serious knee injury, he returned in time to save the situation in the Europa League and lead his team to their greatest success in continental competitions – the miraculous Montenegrin goalkeeper made 15 saves to defeat the two-time consecutive winner of the second-best European competition, Flensburg (37:30), thus avenging his team for last season's heartbreaking defeat in the semi-finals after extra time.
Lithuanian giant Dainis Krištopans also had a great game, scoring nine goals, while Tunisian Mohamed Darmoul scored seven. The losing team was led by Danes Simon Pitlik with eight and Emil Jakobsen with seven goals.
Melzungen will play Kiel in the final at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg, which defeated Montpellier 29:28 in a dramatic finish. Erik Johansson scored with 19 seconds left, and the phenomenal Andreas Wolf saved two shots in the final moments (13 in total).
Johansson scored six goals from 16 attempts, the "Zebra" fans will surely forgive him for those 10 misses... The best players in the French team were David Balaguer with eight goals and Remi Debone with 17 shots stopped.
The final is tomorrow at 6 pm.
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