Szabolcs Zubai in Hódmezővásárhely

Szabolcs Zubai was a guest in Hódmezővásárhely and he was telling about his career to the kids.

We could know some new informations about Szabolcs. For instance he started as a swimmer and it was not a question that he will be sportspeople as his mother is PE teacher. But he highlighted to the kids that the education must be the first and the sport afterwards. As if this is working, probably parents will support their kids more likely to be a top athlete. For a successful career needs to be lucky as well but positive behavior always pays off.

MKB-MVM Veszprém KC - PPD Zagreb 25:24 , interviews after the match

Luka Sebetic (PPD Zagreb): Congratulations to Veszprém. We were very close, the difference is just one goal. We didn't give up even with 4-5 goals difference. Veszprém showed its power, talent and improvisational skills with which they won finally. Good luck to the final.


Vujovic Veselin (coach PPD Zagreb): First of all, congratulations to Veszprém and good luck to the final. As I said before, this match was about defence. During the match there was 4-5 goals difference and to be back in game consumed so much from our energy. To the end Veszprém showed its real power. Congratulations again.



Carlos Ortega: Zagreb believed in winning from the first until the last moment. I knew that we could have a very tough game. We made some mistakes in some important situations in offence in the second half of the game. But finally we could win, so we can be pleased.


Gergő Iváncsik: We had a great match. Both clubs were playing tough. We were preparing to this during the whole week. In the first half of the match we played quite well but in the second half our game was faltered. But in the last minute we could win by one goal so we are in the final.





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SEHA - press conference before Veszprém vs Zagreb semi-final

Antonio Carlos Ortega:  I expect a difficult match. Zagreb is in a very good condition. We are at home in front of our fans, of course we want to win and show what we can do, to do our best. Both clubs are very good at defence, probably this will be the key element.


Péter Gulyás: I can say the same, we will see two tough, strong defence. We hope that we will be the winners in front of our fans. We have to play our game during the match, we have to dictate the pace, if we want to win.


Veselin Vujovic (coach of PPD Zagreb): As the coach of Zagreb, my first goal was to see what are the bounderies of my team. This is how we reached the SEHA semi final and fighting for the Final4 in CL going game by game. We believe in each other and we believe that we can beat anybody. In this faith are we preaparing against Veszprém as well as against Barcelona in CL. There is no pressure to us. We have a young team and except Celica we don't have legionnaires which is unique among the top teams. The opponents had the bigger chance to win against us in many cases but despite this fact we could win. I cannot tell you what will happen tomorrow but if we play as a team anything can happen. Moreover, it is a great and useful experience to play against Veszprém in the Veszprém Aréna.

Luka Stepancic (Player - PPD Zagreb): First of all, I can say that it is a great honour to be in the semi-final. We played a lot against Veszprém, we know each other. In my opinion, the defence will be the key element. We will see what will happen tomorrow.

Pick Szeged vs THW Kiel for the Final4 in CL

Juan Carlos Pastor: We will have a German lesson again. Kiel plays in a similar style as Löwen so we have only chance if we will play as strict and tactical as we did against Löwen. The match at home will be very important and we have to win. The team has already shown that it is able to beat anybody.



Zsolt Balogh: There was only one team which I wanted to avoid and this was Veszprém. Maybe the "German style" is better to us than "Spanish style" which Kielce, Barcelona and Veszprém play. I am sure that they will focus on us more than Löwen did. It is a big thing and great honour to fight for the Final4. We will prepare carefully, we have nothing to lose.

Veszprém vs PSG again for the Final4 - reactions

Roland Mikler: We would get easier opponent, I wanted to avoid PSG though going again to Skopje wouldn't be better as well. The duel will recur from last year, hopefully with the same result. Between the best 8 there is no easy / weak opponent. You cannot expect an easy win against any of the clubs. My previous team, Szeged can have a chance against Kiel if they will play as they did against Löwen.

Bruno Martini (PSG): We don't have nice memories regarding the match against Veszprém. Their home arena is a real hell, the atmosphere is incredible. Our arena is not the same yet but our fans create better and better atmosphere during our matches and against Veszprém it will be even better. Veszprém has a strong season so far, Mikler and his collegues provide great performance. Veszprém's chance to win against us is 70-30, in my opinion.

Antonio Carlos Ortega: (his first word when we called him was - again ? it is incredible.) In the best 8 there is no weak opponents or easy wins, these matches are always very tough and difficult. We have to prepare carefully as all our matches. PSG has fantastic roster with many great players. We have to face with this big challenge.

László Nagy: For being in the Final4, you have to beat every opponents. I hope that we can achieve the same match result from last year, we will have to work on this during the following weeks.











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Interviews after match - La Rioja vs Veszprém

Antonio Carlos Ortega: Congratulations to La Rioja, we played a great match. The game was very fast but it wasn't surprising as this is their style. The fans, both La Rioja's and ours, made a great atmosphere. My team's attitude to this match was great for which I am so happy.

Chema Rodriguez: I am very happy about the result as we had a tough game again. We were leading from the beginning, both teams were focusing on playing handball which is of course, not surprising as both of us are in the best 16 clubs of Champions League.

Gonzalez Fernandez: We hoped to have better result, we tried to give our best but Veszprém's defence was very strong. Their goalkeepers were amazing, moreover they prevented our combinations. We mad many mistakes and we lost the ball many times. Veszprém was very good at offences and the basic reason of this significant difference was the amount of technical faults which we made.

Migallon Sanchez: We knew from the beginning that our opponent is a very good team. We could stay in game for long but to the end we couldn't do anything against their defence and their efficient offences.

La Rioja vs MKB-MVM Veszprém
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La Rioja – Veszprém expectations before CL match

Carlos Ortega: La Rioja is one of the best at fast break, therefore we have to be careful. The other main reason why we really respect this team is that they are very tactical at offence. We have started to focus only on this match on Wednesday. And we tried to prepare as much as possible. I am sure that we will have a tough game.

Timuzsin Schuch: We have started the preparation against La Rioja on Wednesday as we had matches in the SEHA League and in the Hungarian Championship as well. Although, we had practiced already some combinations on previous training sessions which we can use against the spanish team as well. I expect a very tough game as the second best spanish team is our opponent. The stakes are very high so we can’t have a bad day. We want to have a significant difference already to the end of the first match.

Gergő Iváncsik: La Rioja is a very fast and strong team. But there is nothing new under the sun for us as we are playing based on the same system for some years. (since the Spanish trainers are there – editor’s comment) La Rioja represents the typical „Spanish school” and they do it great. They are pretty good and fast both at defence and offence. So it won’t be easy to win. Of course, our aim is the victory therefore we have to concentrate 100 percent but not only for 60 minutes but for 70-80 minutes as we will play against a very strong opponent.

Andreas Nilsson: It will be a tough game. La Rioja has a good team with fast players who run a lot. We have to give 100 percent on the court if we want a positive result. First of all, we have to be very good at defence and react with fast breaks to their mistakes and last but not least we have to run back as soon as possible after our offences.