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Kiel’s crisis is getting worse, Berlin’s soaring continues – the highlights in the video
Status: 16.10.2023 | Reading time: 3 minutes
Leipzig throws record champions Kiel deeper into the crisis – the highlights in the video
The Füchse Berlin celebrate their ninth win in the ninth game against the Rhein-Neckar Löwen and confidently defend their lead in the table. Record champions Kiel receive the next blow in the neck. Watch the games on matchday here in the video.
The frustration was deep among coach Filip Jicha and the THW Kiel handball players. The record champions and defending champions lost the away game at SC DHfK Leipzig on Saturday with 34:35 (15:16). “Overall, my team was very unclever today,” said Jicha, aptly summing up the fourth defeat of the season in the Bundesliga.
There would have been more. The Kiel team could have achieved at least a draw, but the last offensive actions fizzled out without any effect: “We have 30 seconds for the last attack, and at this moment we lack the composure to finish again,” said 41-year-old Jicha.
A look at the statistics reveals what’s wrong with the Kiel team. In the end, THW goalkeeper Tomas Mrkva had a strong 18 saves, twice as many as the Leipzig goalkeepers Domenico Ebner and Kristian Saeveraas combined. A balance sheet that could well serve as the foundation for victory. But the people of Kiel didn’t make enough of it. Hasty conclusions and technical errors played into Leipzig’s hands.
With 8:8 points from eight games, the Kiel team are clearly running behind the league leaders Füchse Berlin (18:0) and their own demands. In the entire 2022/23 championship season, THW only lost nine points in 34 games. Thinking about the 24th championship now is not an option for Hendrik Pekeler: “We are well advised to look from game to game. Then maybe we can look at the table on December 23rd and see what it looks like. But that’s no longer an issue at the moment,” the cyclist told the “Kieler Nachrichten”.
Foxes celebrate their ninth win in their ninth game
The Füchse Berlin have kept their clean slate in the handball Bundesliga. The Berliners won against the Rhein-Neckar Löwen with 38:32 (17:14) on Thursday evening in front of 7,143 spectators in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. After the ninth win in the ninth game, the capital city remains leaders. The best Berlin thrower was the outstanding Mathias Gidsel with eleven goals. For the Lions it was Juri Knorr with eight goals.
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The game initially started very evenly. The Foxes made a few technical errors and were initially narrowly behind. After almost five minutes they were 3:5 behind. And after around ten minutes, runner Max Darj hobbled out of the hall with a foot injury and didn’t come back.
Leader Berlin continues to march through the league – the highlights in the video
The Füchse Berlin are still in a frenzy and are celebrating their ninth win in a row. The league leaders also played well against the Rhein-Neckar Löwen and gave Juri Knorr’s team no chance. The highlights in the video.
But the Berliners now woke up. Five goals in a row from Gidsel gave the hosts the lead for the first time. Now they also scored easy goals through fast counterattacks. They pulled away to 16:11, but the Lions improved their defense and fought back a bit at the break.
But after the break the hosts pulled ahead again and took a 30:22 lead. Because now keeper Dejan Milosavljev also shone with some important saves. But the Lions rose again and came back to 31:26 around nine minutes before the end. Berlin’s home win was no longer in danger.
SC Magdeburg – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 31:29
Magdeburg celebrates its sixth win in a row – the highlights in the video
Champions League winner SC Magdeburg has moved up to second place in the table in the men’s handball Bundesliga thanks to its sixth win in a row. Coach Bennet Wiegert’s team prevailed against TSV Hannover-Burgdorf.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt – HBW Balingen-Weilstetten 32:28
Flensburg-Handewitt celebrates despite two red cards – the highlights in the video
The SG Flensburg-Handewitt is not thrown off course by two red cards against captain Johannes Golla and Mads Mensah Larsen. The North Germans fought for their fifth win of the season against newly promoted HBW Balingen-Weilstetten.
HSG Wetzlar – Bergischer HC 28:32
Bergischer HC wins crisis duel in Wetzlar – the highlights in the video
The Bergische HC celebrates an important liberation in the crisis duel. The BHC achieved its third win of the season against bottom team HSG Wetzlar and thus gained some breathing room in the table cellar. The highlights in the video.
HSV Hamburg – TVB Stuttgart 31:36
HSV Hamburg suffers their first home defeat – the highlights in the video
HSV Hamburg has to admit defeat in front of their home crowd for the first time this season. The Hanseatic League suffered a deserved and clear defeat against Stuttgart. Watch the highlights of the game here in the video.
VfL Gummersbach – ThSV Eisenach 37:31
Gummersbach overruns a chanceless Eisenach – the highlights in the video
Gummersbach outclasses Eisenach and remains on the road to success. Thanks to the gala performance against the newly promoted team, the Gummersbachers are celebrating their fourth win in a row. Watch the highlights of the game here in the video.
TBV Lemgo Lippe – Frisch Auf Göppingen 21:26
Göppingen wins confidently against Lemgo – the highlights in the video
Lemgo Lippe suffered the next defeat in the basement duel against Göppingen. While Göppingen makes a jump in the table to eleventh place, Lemgo still has to wait for its third win of the season. The highlights in the video.
