The winning streak of the handball Bundesliga team Rhein-Neckar Löwen has been broken in the cauldron of the rebellious newcomer ThSV Eisenach.
The cup winners had to admit defeat on Monday evening after four wins in a row with 26:29 (13:13). For coach Sebastian Hinze’s team it was the second defeat of the season in the seventh game.
Manuel Zehnder and Alexander Saul (seven goals each) scored the most goals for the hosts in front of 3,150 spectators in the trembling Werner-Aßmann-Halle, who remained unbeaten in front of their own audience after jumping into the German upper house and now have a remarkable 7:9 points stand.
The Lions in fourth place (9:5) initially lost contact with the top three.