The game between Füchsen Berlin and VfL Gummersbach was marked by errors and inaccuracies. In the end, goalkeeper Milosavljev rose above himself and gave the Foxes an important success in the Champions League race.
- The Foxes beat Gummersbach 28:26
- The game is characterized by errors for a long time
- Keeper Milosavljev sets a new personal best
- The fight for the Champions League is now a duel between Berlin and Flensburg
The Füchse Berlin achieved an important victory in the race for the Champions League place in the Handball Bundesliga. The German champions beat their direct pursuers VfL Gummersbach at home on Thursday evening with 28:26 (13:12) and are now fighting for second place with Flensburg. The best Berlin thrower was Mathias Gidsel with 11 goals.
A game of errors
Even before the first ball flew, there was a celebration in the Max Schmeling Hall. Captain Max Darj brought in the trophy that the Berliners won last weekend Victory in the final of the DHB Cup had secured and presented it to the euphoric supporters for the first time, while a banner was pulled under the roof of the hall.
That gave us a tailwind: The Foxes started with high intensity and their usual high speed. They were 3-0 up early on, while their opponents from Oberberg didn’t score their first goal until the 5th minute. The lead remained constant after that. Both teams repeatedly allowed themselves inaccuracies. Milos Vujovic missed a seven-meter penalty for Gummersbach, while Mathias Gidsel hit the crossbar on the other side in front of the goalkeeper.
The game became increasingly disjointed, from which the Berliners in particular suffered. In the meantime they were ahead by four goals (7:3), but then missed a lot of free throws and repeatedly failed because of the strong VfL keeper Kuzmanović, so that the lead was reduced to just one goal by the break (13:12).
Keeper sets new record
After the break the trend continued and the guests equalized for the first time after five minutes (14:14). But then a Danish duo took the reins. Lasse Andersson and Matthias Gidsel took turns showing their high individual class and brought the Berliners back forward.
Nevertheless, it remained an error-filled game with hit rates below 60 percent on both sides. Füchse goalkeeper Milosavljev gave everything at the back to make up for his team’s offensive problems with one save after another – and yet Gummersbach was able to draw level again eight minutes before the end (22:22). In the final phase, a crime thriller loomed.
And in this Milosavljev became a hero. The keeper outgrew himself, stopped one throw after the other and put the lid on the hard-fought game with a parried seven-meter penalty a minute before the end. In the end, the Serbian goalkeeper made 19 saves, setting a new personal Bundesliga record.
Broadcast: rbb|24, April 23, 2026, 9:02 p.m
Audio: rbb|24, April 23, 2026, Niolaus Hillmann
