It wasn’t quite enough for the MT Melsungen-for a victory against TBV Lemgo-Lippe and probably also to continue dreaming of Champions League or the championship title.
With 26:26 (11:16) the MT Melsungen separated from TBV Lemgo-Lippe on Wednesday evening. Seconds before the end, Daini’s Kristopans met the bottom edge of the crossbar and thus missed the possible winning goal. In the last home game, the North Hesse remained without a win.
On the one hand, it was important to adequately say goodbye to the domestic audience after this historically successful season despite the recent setbacks. In addition, nothing would be more annoying than if the competition in the remaining two games might leave a little and the MT could not benefit from its own mistake.
Desolate first half
A constellation that may have built up a little pressure. The hosts were completely off the role for a long time and got one counterattack after the other. At 7:14, coach Roberto Garcia Parrondo already took his second time out and broke up his team properly. It did not make it better. The Melsungers went into the break with an 11:16 deficit.
The MT did not necessarily come from the break as if transformed, but gradually worked into the game better. Lemgo suddenly had something to lose and now produced the technical mistakes that previously undertook the hosts. Melsungen finally compensated for a quarter of an hour before the end, but the winning goal did not want to succeed anymore, and was missing in centimeters in Kristopan’s final attempt.
Competition now has everything in your hand
Now the competitors from Magdeburg, who later won 35:27 against SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the evening, and Berlin, who will deal with VfL Gummersbach on Thursday, are dealing with VfL Gummersbach, In even better position. The possibility of reaching one of the two front places is only theoretical for Melsungen.
