ANDhe Kielce Marketing Director Pawel Papajhas revealed that during the interruption of the Champions League final between Magdeburg and Kielce, caused by the heart attack and subsequent death of a Polish journalist, the German coach Bennet Wiegert proposed to Talant Dujshebaev to end the match with the result at that time (20-22 in favor of Kielce) and proclaim the Polish team champions. Talant shared the idea of suspending the match, but without proclaiming a champion.
“Wiegert approached me and told me, hey, we’re not playing. You are winning by two and you proclaim yourself champions. I told him, perfect, but there is no champion or runner-up, only two finalists”, has confirmed to MARCA Dujshebaev the content of the dialogue. “The proposal was on his part and I thanked him for his intention,” added Talant.
The brief conversation ensued in the presence of the EHF delegate, the Austrian Helmut Wille, who was the one who warned the referees that the game was going to stop when the press tribune warned of the loss of consciousness of the journalist Pawel Kotwica. He The match, interrupted at minute 48, did not resume until after fifteen minutes, when the informant had already been evacuated.
His death was known twenty minutes after the end of the final, with a 30-29 victory for Magdeburg after extra time. That motivated the suspension of the official press conference that the two coaches and the captains of both teams had to offer.
