Larvik played the finals in the Champions League – Aftenposten

Larvik was as expected stronger than Dinamo-Sinar in the semifinals of the Champions League. Sunday afternoon the team plays for his second major title.

LARVIK-DINAMO-Sinar 31-22

BUDAPEST (Aftenposten.no): Jubilant thrown Larvik girls on his neck apart in Papp Laszlo Sports Arena in the Hungarian capital. With 31-22 over Dinamo-Sinar is LHK Champions League final for the third time.

Sandra Toft put a fright in Larvik supporters Tuesday when she got a muscle in the groin against the Vipers in the playoffs, but Saturday she sat only a nasty trick on the Russian gunners. With 16 saves – ten of them in the first place – was the Danish national team goalkeeper ev of Vestfold club’s greatest heroes in the semifinals.

Dinamo came with a feared the pills trio Anna Kosjetova, Olga Akopian and Daria Dmitreva, who had scored 86, 84 and 65 goals in the Champions League. They were good, but Larvik had a completely different width. Larvik coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad got rolled well on the crew and sets a fairly rested troop when the winner of the Vardar Buducnost waiting in the finals Sunday at 17.

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Led by three to break

Larvik had the lead throughout the first half, but managed never to more than four goals ahead of the Russian team, which only 17 years old Daria Dmitreva was the one who created most trouble for LHK. At half-stood it 16-13.

Nora Dark went underway Larvik with gorgeous passes, but was not even lucky with shots in the first half and put three of them in bars. It made Linn Jørum Sulland got the chance, and the she took care of.

Also Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth took good care of the possibilities – both from the right edge and from the penalty spot. “Linka” scored eight the first half hour, and in nine attempts.

Tougher final

Larvik took his only Champions League title when the team beat Spanish Itxako in 2011. Two years later it was a defeat in the final.

year called playoffs Final4, and the top four teams meet Saturday and Sunday in Budapest. Vardar Buducnost play the other semi-final, and Larvik should expect tougher resistance from the winner of the game. Dinamo went much stalled after the break against an aggressive Larvik-defense.

The public got wise Final4 a shot across the bow when Hungarian Györ were knocked out. Not many Hungarians bother to go to see Larvik Dinamo. Only a few thousand spectators followed the first semifinal.

The Russian team manager told his team had brought only seven supporters! The reason was, according to her visa problems.

Larvik proceeding Saturday fairly smoothly.

Published: 09.mai. 2015 3:59 p.m.