Füchse Berlin are also on the road to success in the European League: The table leaders in the Handball Bundesliga won against Bidasoa Irun from Spain despite a few phases of weakness.
The Füchse Berlin are also on the road to success in the European League: The leaders of the Handball Bundesliga won against Bidasoa Irun from Spain on Tuesday evening in the Max-Schmeling-Halle with 34:29 (18:15) – and that, although that Jaron Siewert’s team repeatedly allowed phases of weakness. With the second win in the second game, the Berliners continue to lead Group D. At the start of the European competition they had last week clearly won against the Ukrainian team HC Motor Zaporischschja.
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8:2 run, but also a lot of mistakes
There was good news for the Füchse fans just looking at the line-up: National player Fabian Wiede returned to the team after an injury. The hosts found it difficult at the beginning. The fact that the Berliners took the lead for the first time after nine minutes was primarily a result of good marking work at that point in time.
In the middle of the first half, the foxes’ offensive department came into play better and better in front of 4,517 spectators. With an 8:2 run, the home side put seven goals between them and the Spanish guests. But that did not bring peace. On the contrary: the mistakes piled up. The Berliners now left open throws en masse, and the turnovers also increased. The Basques came back thanks to easy goals before the break.
Game threatens to topple after the break
And immediately after the change of sides, the foxes caught a very weak phase. Nothing went together for a few minutes – with visible consequences on the scoreboard: Irun suddenly led 21:20. The game threatened to slip away from the Berliners.
But the hosts woke up again and from then on defended more intensively. In addition, Dejan Milosavljev came on for Viktor Kireev. The Serb quickly became the hoped-for factor and repaid his substitution with a few saves. With a 6-0 run, the Berliners pulled away again. And this time they took the lead.
Broadcast: rbb24, November 1st, 2022, 9:45 p.m
