"I'm going to try to control my emotions a bit. We couldn't get going in the first half at all. And then in the end we were all over them. I think I'd rather talk about how damn lucky I am to be allowed to play such an important handball match in such an arena against a good opponent. It's an absolute boyhood dream. I'm not going to sleep tonight from adrenaline", said Mathias Gidsel to dr.dk after the match.
Aalborg's began brightly, but looked like boys against men in the last 40 minutes, when the Danes met Füchse Berlin led by an outstanding World Handball of the Year Mathias Gidsel in the first of two quarter-finals in the Champions League.
The North Jutland team was ahead throughout the first half away against th Germans, who responded well in the second half and ended up winning the match 37-29.
Aalborg are therefore left with a mountain to climb Wednesday next week if they are to book their ticket for the Final Four event in Cologne later this year.
Aalborg coach Simon Dahl was disappointed that it ended in a big defeat after the positive start, when the Danish champion team was ahead by six goals during the first half.
"We were not clinical enough. We did not profit enough from the first good 20 minutes. We conceded too many stupid and easy goals. But nothing is decided. We are ready to attack the game in Aalborg next week", said Simon Dahl to dr.dk.