Gidsel Equals the Champions League Record With 17 Goals, While Vardar Is Still Waiting for a First Point After Three Rounds

Gidsel with 17 goals to match Chuchi Martínez's record

Mathias Gidsel scored 17 goals from 19 attempts in Füchse Berlin's 40:32 win over Porto, equalling the 17-year-old Champions League record held by Jesús "Chuchi" Martínez de la Cal. His previous personal best in the competition was 13 goals, twice last season. With this performance the Dane leads the scoring chart with 36 goals, and Berlin climbed to second place in the group. Porto played bravely and had an answer for everyone - except him. When one player scores almost half his team's goals, the opponent isn't losing to a team, it's losing to a man.

Čupić after the Wisła defeat: "My mistake"

Vardar 1961 lost at home to Orlen Wisła Płock 26:32 and after three rounds of the Champions League sits at the bottom of the group without a point, following defeats to Melsungen and Nantes. The Poles opened up an 8:3 lead after 11 minutes, Matje Faduj kept Vardar in the game with 14 goals, and at half-time the gap was two goals (13:15). Then came the decisive spell in which coach Ivan Čupić tried seven players in attack - and Wisła scored several easy goals into an empty net. "My mistake was that we started with an extra man and conceded a few easy goals without a goalkeeper," Čupić said, taking responsibility. You rarely hear a coach who doesn't blame the referees, the schedule or injuries. The return match is next Wednesday in Płock - and there, an admission won't earn a point.

Veszprém crush Partizan in Belgrade, PSG set a record against Celje

Six days after winning the Club World Championship, Veszprém went to Belgrade and beat Partizan 37:26, with 24 saves from goalkeeper Emil Nielsen. The Hungarians are on a maximum six points, just like Magdeburg, who beat Kielce 35:30 in a rematch of the 2023 final. In Paris, PSG crushed Slovenia's Celje 46:35 - a new club record for goals scored in the Champions League and the most goals the Slovenian club has ever conceded in its history. Balkan clubs this week served as statistical material for other people's records - is the difference money or know-how?

Kuzmanovski with 15 goals, Pelister take a point from Gdańsk

Eurofarm Pelister captain Filip Kuzmanovski scored 15 goals in a 31:31 draw away at Wybrzeże Gdańsk in the EHF European League - a personal record on the European stage, and the EHF singled out his performance. It's the second double-digit European outing of his career, after 10 goals against PSG last season, and he has now reached 313 European goals for Pelister, Metalurg and Magdeburg. The Bitola side led 17:16 at half-time and had an attack for the win at the end, but didn't take it. Gdańsk equalised, then wasted their own last attack. A point that is both relief and regret: when the captain scores 15, the win must not get away.

Barcelona with 19 wins in a row, Aalborg merciless in Zagreb

Defending champions Barcelona beat Dinamo Bucharest 34:27, with 19 saves from Sergey Hernández, and reached their 19th consecutive Champions League win. Aalborg visited Zagreb and won 33:23, with Niklas Landin not only saving but also scoring a goal. The home side's best was Filip Glavaš with 10 goals from 10 shots, but that was only consolation. Aalborg now share first place in the group with PSG, three points clear of Zagreb - on their own court, the Croatians saw how wide the gap to the top is.