Emil NielsenDanish goalkeeper of Barçawas recognized scarce days like the 'best goalkeeper' In the 'Excellence Awards EHF 2025 ', The annual awards that recognize the best handball players of the season.
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With this precedent, it is not strange that a stop (or rather, two) of the Barca goalkeeper, than He will leave Barça when he ends his contract in 2026 to sign for Veszprem, It has been chosen by EHF itself as the best of the last edition of the Champions League.
To find her (s) we have to go back to the 5th day, when Barça visited the HC Zagreb track and achieved an adjusted and worked victory by 29-31.
One of the great responsible for the triumph of Carlos Ortega was, in addition to Petar Cikusa (MVP of the party), An immeasurable Emil Nielsen under sticks (14 stops of 41 launches, for a 34% effectiveness) … and a decent stop (s) of being remembered (s)
And, already at that time, The organization rewarded Nielsen with the recognition of the 'best stop of the day'. That was not a … but two. And now, he also recognizes her as the best of the whole season.
A double stop … to see it twice
But let's contextualize the play again. With 24-29 on the scoreboard, East Dibirovthe veteran Russian extreme (41 years) of the Croatian team, escaped to the counterattack and when he already had Danish goalkeeper just under sticks and looked like a safe goal, Nielsen took an arm to prevent the ball from slipping into the Barca goal.
Not happy with thatthe rejection fell again to Dibirov, that he launched again from 6 meters … and met again with the huge (in every way) Barca goalkeeper, which the ball stopped again, Before the despair of Croatian fans.
And when Emil Nielsen has the day, it is a practically impassable wall. And the EHF, as he did a couple of days ago, has not hesitated to recognize it again.
