Status: 08.09.2025 9:09 p.m.
Handball Bundesliga club SG Flensburg-Handewitt came to the longed first win of the season on the third matchday. The North Germans won 40:27 (22:16) at the promoted TSV GWD Minden on Monday evening. The sovereign victory was also a liberation for coach Ales Pajovic.
After all, the 46 -year -old Slovenian had drawn after the two At HSG Wetzlar and at home against TVB Stuttgart, fear that another winless game at the promoted player could have led to his leave of absence. Now the SG can be found with 4: 2 points in third place in the table. Nevertheless: The points yield has remained behind your own expectations. There may have been quite a few in the club that had hoped for 6-0 counters after the first three games.
SG with good reaction to weak phase
In the district sports hall Lübbecke, the SG needed three minutes to turn a 7: 3 lead from a 3: 3 lead (9th) and to calm down their own nerves and that of their fans after the draw in the first two games. Simon Pytlick, Domen Novak (2) and captain Johannes Golla provided the first four-goal lead.
But: The Schleswig-Holsteiner from the newcomer could initially not be clearer, which was also due to one or the other technical error. After 20 minutes, Minden’s Tom Bergner made a goal from the local throw zone that Flensburg only led 11: 9. It seemed tricky for the three -time German champion.
However, the SG reacted well to this sagging and settled again – except for 18:12 (27th). At the break, the lead was still six goals.
Grgic provides SG comfortable upholstery
At the beginning of the second section, a player from the SG team quickly gave all hopes of the climber to a point win: Marko Grgic. With four goals, the German international contributed to the fact that it was called 27:17 for the Schleswig-Holsteiner in the 35th minute. This made a preliminary decision early in favor of the favorite. Ultimately, the SG came to a sovereign victory with 13 goals difference.
Pajovic uses the second section to distribute playing time. For example, Patrick Volz for Emil Jakobsen and Aksel Horgen for Novak were used in the external positions. The most successful Flensburger was Grgic with eight goals. But also his national team colleague Luca Witzke, who had hardly played a role under Pajovic in the first two games with only eight minutes of playing time, entered the goal scorer list five times and thus campaigned for more.
