Handball Bundesliga team TSV Hannover-Burgdorf has in the European League celebrated a confident opening victory. The “Recken” won at HC Kriens-Luzern on Tuesday evening (October 17th, 2023) with 31:23 (13:13). SG Flensburg-Handewitt also met an opponent from Switzerland – and celebrated a 46:32 (25:11) win against Kadetten Schaffhausen.Edgervictory.
It was a wild back and forth between the two teams. The score was 8:5 after just nine minutes for the SG, who relied on quick counterattacks and Emil Jakobsen stood out with three goals in that phase. You could already guess where the journey was going. Defensively, the Swiss champions delivered a revelation and conceded one goal after the next. Flensburg was able to act as it wanted – after just 30 minutes the game was virtually decided at 25:11. Top scorer Lasse Kjaer Möller had already scored seven goals at the break, and by the final whistle the Danish world champion had increased his tally to eleven goals.
Despite the clear lead, Flensburg did not let up in the second half and continued to successfully find their way to the Swiss goal, where Zoran Markovic was also shown a red card. It was only in the last few minutes that the SG slowed down and had to concede a few more goals.
Hannover needs a run-through
Hannover’s game against the Swiss Cup winners began with a 15-minute delay because the floor in the hall had to be repaired. A long, exciting and close game then developed. After 15 minutes it was a draw (6:6), as Hannover needed some time to get to grips with the hosts’ offensive defense. Renars Uscins finally gave the “Recken” a two-goal lead (10:8) with his first goal of the game in the 20th minute. However, this didn’t last long in the following minutes due to imprecise use of chances and the score was 13:13 it into the cabins.
Coach Christian Prokop gave his team However, the right words along the way. Lucerne’s Andy Schmid, who scored seven goals in the first half, only managed one more in the second 30 minutes. Defensively, Lower Saxony was stable, also thanks to the saves from Simon Gade, who had a very good evening. It was only after around nine minutes that the Swiss scored their first goal in the second half.
In the middle of the second half, the “Recken” pulled away. Justus Fischer scored in the 20th minute to make it 25:19, it was his fifth goal at this point in his fifth attempt. With two goals in the last four minutes to make it 29:23, Marius Steinhauser removed all doubts about success. The best throwers in Lower Saxony were those two – Fischer and Steinhauser – with six goals each.
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NDR 2 Sport | Oct 17, 2023 | 11:03 p.m
