The quarter-finals of the EHF Champions League Women are usually the crucial moment of the season. Win and there are only two matches left until the trophy. Lose, and the season is over.

But now, for some of the stalwarts of the competition, it is not only about the season. After Andrea Lekic bid farewell to the EHF Champions League Women following FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria’s loss against Odense Håndbold on Saturday, another legendary player said goodbye, in tears, to the European premium competition: Cristina Neagu.