The handball top clubs SC Magdeburg and Füchse Berlin cruise the sound on the 3rd matchday of the Bundesliga. Before the duel on Saturday, the SCM could enjoy a certain calm. In contrast, Trouble was in Berlin.
Seldom existed before a handball Bundesliga top game as many headlines as before the appearance of Champions League winner SC Magdeburg on Saturday (3:40 p.m./Live in the ARD) at the German champion Foxes Berlin. Breaking news caused a personnel quake at Berliners.
The capitals had separated from sports director Stefan Kretzschmar and successful coach Jaron Siewert on Thursday. Siewert and Kretzschmar’s contracts would only expire at the end of the season. Kretzschmar, who was already working at SC Magdeburg and SC DHfK Leipzig, had previously announced his retirement from Berlin in 2026. Foxes Managing Director Bob Hanning already made nails with heads.
Wiegert: An anything but simple holiday
At the SCM, nobody wanted to comment on the appearance in Berlin. After the home win in the East Duel against Eisenach“There were Kretzschmar and Siwert with the Foxes, coach Bennet Wiegert said about the upcoming top game:” The anticipation can be felt. Actually, it is only about Berlin all week. We know that it will be anything but easy. We play at the German champion, not at home, but at the German champion. ” For the Berliners, as well as for the SCM, it is a “holiday”.
Krickau in double function: “Magdeburg model” in Berlin
The new fox coach Nicolej Krickau made his debut: “From the outside it is stupid to take on the job,” the Dane confessed during his presentation. After all, the foxes are currently on the sporting highlight: “But I have huge ambitions and believe that I can develop the team in the long term.” Krickau solved his contract with SG Flensburg-Handewitt. There he had been on leave in December 2024 because the association lacked the “desired further development”. In Berlin he also took on the role of sports director, Managing Director Hanning said: “We chose the Magdeburg model – sports director and coach in personal union.”
Gislason: “Points count almost twice”
“This will be a very close and important game – the points count almost twice. The two teams with the probably best cards in the fight for the next championship meet,” said national coach Alfred Gislason of the dpa. What used to be a gripping derby of two ambitious handball neighbors has developed into an emotional summit with national radiance. It’s about prestige, rivalry – and a first finger in the title fight.
In the Champions League final in Cologne, the SCM defensive world handball player Mathias Gidsel had quite well under control. (Archive)
Magdeburg against Berlin replaced north-duel
In the previous season, the top German teams made several spectacles: Magdeburg lost to the Hanning team in the Supercup. The victory of the foxes in the Bundesliga second round paved the way to the Berliners historical first championship title in club history. Magdeburg impressively returned in the final class in the final. “We are a bit proud that we turned the league. In the past, it was always only Kiel or Flensburg. Now it is Magdeburg or Berlin,” said Foxes back area Mathias Gidel.
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