Josip Sarac (2nd from right) from Frisch Auf Göppingen with a powerful jump shot Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa
By Ulrike Krieger
On Saturday, Frisch Auf Göppingen shot themselves out of the Euro final with too many misses (29:31 against Granollers). Only 20 hours later, the Swabians win the game for third place in the Final Four of the European League against the foxes loser Montpellier from France – 33:29 (16:17).
The people of Göppingen want to offer their 200 fans who traveled with them (wearing green hats) another big fight, at least in the game for the “golden pineapple”. Because even in the Bundesliga, the table-14. not get the desired performance this season.
And ten minutes before the end, at 27:27, they suddenly received unexpected support from the 400 foxes fans who were already in the hall for the final (start at 6 p.m.).
Ex-Fuchs from Göppingen (was with the Berliners in 2017) Kresimir Koniza is also happy about this. The line runner raises his arms in the direction of the foxes fans and Flensburg Hell North becomes the green Göppingen foxes wall for the French.
Handball fairness can be so beautiful, but there would not be such a cross-city fan love in football.
The 400 Berlin fans who traveled with them helped Göppingen to place 3 Photo: Sascha Klahn/dpa
Now driven by the Füchse-Göppingen association, keeper Marin Sego (37) is in top form, saves a seven-meter penalty in the 56th minute and immediately afterwards a counterattack (38th) and thus puts his team on course for victory.
In the end, the best thrower is Marcel Schiller with 6 goals.