Budapest (AFP)
The handball players from Brest qualified for the final of the Champions League for the first time by beating the Hungarians from Györ, triple title holders, after a penalty shootout (4-2, 23- 23 after extra time), Saturday in Budapest.
Brest, the first French women's club in the C1 final, will face either the Russians from CSKA Moscow or the Norwegians from Kristiansand in the final on Sunday.
By eliminating the big favorite Györ, who sees his streak of 55 undefeated C1 games come to an end, Brest Bretagne Handball can dream of becoming the first French women's club to lift the most coveted trophy, and join Montpellier, the only club in France, European champion for men (2003 and 2018).
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At the end of a game with twists and turns, where the Brestoises led several times by four goals thanks to the stops of Cléopâtre Darleux before snatching the right to play extra time at the last second of regulation time, everything was decided during 'a session of jets of seven meters.
It was the Swede Bella Gullden, one of the stars of Brest, who managed the decisive shot.
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The Brestoises, who have already won the Coupe de France this season against Nantes and then the French Championship by putting an end to the domination of Metz, are at the gates of an exceptional Grand Slam.
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