Fraikin Granollers gave the bell in Flensburg (27-35) to qualify through the front door to the final four of the EHF European League, the second continental competition. The chimera of raising a goal from the first leg (30-31) was ahead of them, but Antonio Rama’s team, full of talented youngsters from the inexhaustible Valles youth academy, brazenly came out in a crazy match, one of the best of his story. Antonio GarcÃa and Yusuf Faruk, with 9 goals each, led the miracle.
With a solid defense and lethal counters, Fraikin Granollers began the tie on track from the initial 2-4 with three goals from Antonio GarcÃa, soul and incombustible leader of this brave, irreducible team. The Vallesan team, very serious, was eating the morale of the Germans, who came to leave 6 goals (9-15) in the first half, to go to the break with the feat very on track (12-16).
The second half of Fraikin Granollers was a festival. Totally disheveled, without complexes, he dwarfed Flensburg, the great favorite for the title in the final four that will be played on his court.
The collective game from Valles stood out, but also the genius blows of Antonio GarcÃa, the cannon shots of the Nigerian pearl Yusuf Faruk, the disciple of Talant Dujshebaev, or the magic of the young Bruno Reguart, on loan from Barça to replace Pol Valera.
The Granollers spectacle touched the sky with Yusuf’s 21-33, maximum advantage (12) with 7 minutes to go. He did not break down or lift his foot, and ended up devastating and humiliating the Teutonic giant, with an insulting list of stars.
Fraikin Granollers will play its second final four of the Europena League, as it did in 2016 (it was 3rd), on May 27 and 28. The other classifieds are the Füchse of Berlin, the Göppingen also German and the Montpellier.
