2024-04-22 01:31:52
Double setback for the Füchse: In the top game against Kiel, the Berliners not only missed the victory they urgently needed for the championship, but a key player was also injured.
The Füchse Berlin handball players suffered a bitter setback in the fight for the German championship and paved the way for their Bundesliga rivals from Magdeburg to win the title.
A week after the sobering appearances in the DHB Cup, the capital club had to be satisfied with a 32:32 (18:18) against record champions THW Kiel. The best thrower was Berlin’s world handball player Mathias Gidsel with twelve goals. “It’s a big disappointment. We said we wanted to be champions. We lost that today. That wasn’t enough,” said the Dane on rbb.
Magdeburg has one game less
Magdeburg won the top game against SG Flensburg-Handewitt on Friday and took the lead in the table. Both the Elbestädter and the Füchse have 50 plus points. However, the SCM has one less game in its account, fewer negative points and a clearly better goal record.
Berlin went on a furious 5-0 run. It wasn’t until the eighth minute that Hendrik Pekeler woke up the Kiel team with the first goal. The North Germans fought back and took the lead a minute before halftime.
Foxes lack security without little lights
In their race to catch up, the guests also benefited from an early injury to Berlin playmaker Nils Lichtlein. Without the national player, the home team lacked security and dynamism in building up the game. Coach Jaron Siewert described the injury as a bad aftertaste: “Something on his thigh. I can’t say how serious it is. So serious that he couldn’t continue playing.”
After the break, both teams fought a duel on equal terms. Eight minutes before the end of the game, the Füchse were able to pull away again after a long time with two goals (30:28) – also because goalkeeper Dejan Milosavljev parried numerous Kiel throws. But the guests fought back again and also fended off Berlin’s last free throw.