Paris (AFP)

To reach the Final Four of the C1, the handball players of PSG must succeed in the feat of beating, by two or three goals, the European champion Kiel and his star, the former Parisian Sander Sagosen, Wednesday in Coubertin, where the public will finally be back.

For the first time since the end of October, 800 people will be authorized thanks to the easing of anti-Covid-19 measures.

"We really missed it. It will be a plus, but we must not forget that it is not the public who play, but us. We are there to please them and bring them back this qualification", explains the winger left of PSG Dylan Nahi.

In a very high intensity first leg (31-29), PSG had contained the German force for fifty minutes, but had cracked on two innocuous errors ten minutes from the end, placing the players of Czech coach Filip Jicha in favorable waivers.

- Sagosen back -

For the Parisians to see Cologne again (June 12-13), they will therefore have to win by two goals, provided they leave Kiel less than 29 goals, otherwise the gap will have to be three.

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The great unknown will be the state of form of the Norwegian center-half from Kiel, Sander Sagosen, absent in the first leg, who will return to the stadium in the west of Paris where he played for three seasons between 2017 and 2020.

"We know the task will be tough in Paris, but we are here, we are ready, we are in shape, we have trained well," warned Sagosen.

The leader of the "Zebras" played again on Saturday in the Bundesliga after nearly two weeks of hiatus.

"I'm fine. I was sick for a week, I was not well, I had a lot of fever, but now I'm back, in good shape, we did all the tests, and I'm happy to be able to help guys, ”added the Norwegian nugget.

His duel against Danish left-back PSG Mikkel Hansen promises to be one of the keys to the return match, between the two players currently considered to be the best in the world.

On the first leg, the Parisians had found the flaw in the German defense and had limited the impact of Danish goalkeeper Kiel Niklas Landin, considered the best in the world at his post but only author of nine saves (24%) in the week last.

In defense, the reigning European champions will be deprived of the German pivot Patrick Wiencek, victim of a fractured fibula on contact with the Dutch center-half of PSG Luc Steins during the first leg and away from the field for several weeks.

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