The Rhein-Neckar Löwen made a successful restart in the Handball Bundesliga and caught up with leaders Füchse Berlin with a win in Minden.
At the start of the 19th matchday in the Handball Bundesliga, the lions easily lived up to their role as favorites at GWD Minden and clearly won the penultimate game with 40:29 (20:16).
Rhein-Neckar Löwen level with Berlin
Coach Sebastian Hinze’s team has now drawn 31 plus points with Füchsen Berlin at the top of the table, the Berliners will compete against ASV Hamm-Westfalen at the bottom on Sunday.
National player Patrick Groetzki was the outstanding actor of the lions with ten goals and a perfect shooting rate.
HSG Wetzlar, on the other hand, is still in the relegation battle after the 24:31 (12:16) defeat against TSV Hannover-Burgdorf. Fresh Auf Göppingen won 31:25 (17:11) against HC Erlangen.
Lemgo wins again against Gummersbach
In an early game of the 20th match day, promoted VfL Gummersbach lost against TBV Lemgo Lippe by 28:29 (14:16). The Lemgoers also won the second duel against VfL in just five days, after last weekend’s 33:30 victory in the cup competition. Emil Laerke scored the winning goal in the league twelve seconds before the final whistle.