For 40 minutes, Pick Szeged could hope for another surprise like in 2019, when they had beaten Barça in the opener of the season, but then the defending champions of the Machineseeker EHF Champions League proved their ambitions with an incredible run, mainly thanks to their French stars.

Barça are ready for the upcoming clash of giants in the MOTW in round 2, when they face Lomza Kielce in the re-match of the 2022 final next week.