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Nordsjaelland arrives after beating the Danish champion

In the last game Skanderborg beat Skive 19-18, but today we will not watch such a game, these are not two defensively-minded teams

Skanderborg's coach Jesper Holm before the season set the goal to reach the rank among the eight teams in the playoffs. After the first four rounds they are no closer or further away from that goal. They won what they had to win, Mors at home in the first round and Skive away in the last round. The defeat against Skjern was expected, while in Gudmeu against GOG they played much better than it reveals the final result -4. Today there follows another match in which they can't waste points.

- Our home-field advantage and Nordsjaelland's confidence gained by recent victories guarantee a damn good game, both teams are hungry for new points - said the assistant coach Nickolaj Krickau in an article for the club's web-page.

- Nordsjaelland was not just lucky against Aalborg, they played really well, with a good flow of balls and they created a lot of good opportunities. We have to be aggressive enough, so they can not be so successful. Physically we have to take care of Luka Mitrovic and Anton Rúnarsson, which are the automatic requirements for defense. In addition, we need to control pivot Alti.

Krickau pointed out that in two of the four games the attack looked good, and how it will look today greatly depends on what Nordsjaelland can offer, but Skanderborg can adjust.

- I am convinced that we will be ready.

Against Skive they have played quite a strange match, with very few goals. Five minutes before the end they led 19-16, only to be fighting for survival in the last minute. They missed a seven-meter kick at 19-18 (left back Michael Pedersen), but the referees stopped left Skive's left back Jensen and so Skanderborg still took both points. Goalkeeper Linus Persson was chosen to the best lineup of the round.

- Early on we found that we can not find fluency and rhythm in the attack, so we decided to throw all the cards on the defense and by the end of the game, with three pivots in defense (on the picture is one of them, Lars Mousing). So we gave up the counterattacks and transition. We felt that we can keep Skive away from the goal, but we also thought that we can score more than 19 goals - analyzed the assistant coach Krickau.

Against Nordsjaelland it should not be expected such an encounter, these are two opponents who are not as defensive as Skive, and are not as bad in the attack as Skive.

Nordsjaelland has filled itself with confidence in the last two rounds. First they beat Skive 25-24, although they were losing by 4 goals 12 minutes before the end. Then they shocked the defending champion Aalborg, even without first goalkeeper and one of the key players Kristian Asmussen. In question was also the appearance of the scorer Anton Rúnarsson because his child was born the night before the match. Finally he appeared at the game and scored 5 goals, just as Mitrovic, while the pivot Atli Ingólfsson led with 6 goals.

Aalborg's coach said after the game that he wanted from the beginning to provide the youngsters with a chance, but things did not develop as planned, later it was difficult to correct. Nordsjaelland had 19-14, Aalborg was able to take the lead in the final, but the coach Ian Mark Fog's young players showed character and made ​​a shocking victory. Definitely the biggest surprise of the season so far.

- This is crazy, I'm so happy. This is a wonderful achievement - said coach Fog.

- The match took place exactly as we predicted, Aalborg began with the team B, and we fully benefited  - said sporting director Peter Bentsen.

After Ingólfsson equalized at 31-31, and Mensah Larsen missed for Aalborg, Angutimmarik Kreutzman scored to win, five seconds before the end.

- I still can not believe that we beat the champions of Denmark with this completely new team. We knew that they would focus on the Champions League - said yesterday coach Fog, reports Nordsjaelland's club page .

- We have always believed that our game is better than the results from the first two rounds. Skanderborg has a homogeneous team, wide roster that wants to get into the playoffs. We know that we have a very difficult task. They punish with counterattacks every mistake, and we, although we beat Aalborg, we still have things we need to significantly improve in our game.

There is no information available about Asmussen, but his hand injury (he got six stitches) is not so dangerous. He did not play for 10 days and it is quite possible that he will be ready.

Nordsjaelland's games have so far ended in 58, 55, 49 and 63 goals. The 49 came against Skive, after 9-8 in the second half. They do not have a powerful defense and have many young players that are not strong. Skanderborg had a 49-goal game against Morso in the first round (13-12 in the second half), 54 goals with Skjern and 53 against GOG, and lost 19-18 against Skive. The preview explains the circumstances of this match and the way Skanderborg's coach decided to take in this game which caused such a low-scoring affair. We will not see an of that today, this game will be much more efficient, I expect around 55 goals and this bet should be made.