It was the expected difficult game for the Bundesliga team, who had to play the game with weak personnel. Lasse Svan and Emil Jakobsen were temporarily out with gastrointestinal problems, Jim Gottfridsson spent more than half of the game on the bench and Franz Semper (knee problems) didn’t play at all.
Flensburg bites in after a tough start
Flensburg needed a long time to get into the game. But the SG fought their way in and, after a 3-0 run, were in the lead for the first time with three goals (18th/9:6).
The hosts also benefited from a double advantage and an early red card for Szeged’s Richard Bodo (15th).
Buric with numerous parades
Then keeper Benjamin Buric nailed the Flensburg goal with his saves: The Hungarians didn’t score for almost ten minutes, while the SG, where Jim Gottfridsson was only sitting on the bench after a good ten minutes, pulled away with quick counterattacks ( 27./13:7). With a four-goal lead, we went into the cabins.
Szeged comes back
Gottfridsson stayed out after the break – was it because Szeged got into the game better? In any case, Flensburg’s comfortable lead dwindled to just one goal (40’/17:16).
Ten minutes before the end, Gottfridsson was finally allowed back on the plate and turned the game in the right direction: an assist, a seven-metre penalty, a goal made by himself – and the SG led again by five goals (55./24:19). Keeper Kevin Möller also became a factor with two saved seven meters in a row. In the end, the lead was four goals – which now have to be defended in the witch’s cauldron of Szeged.
Source: NDR
