Flensburg shortened the gap to the club world champions to five points thanks to the outstanding Benjamin Buric in goal.
Wiegert: “knew that it would hit us at some point”
“The feeling after a defeat is always crap, but we knew that it would hit us at some point”, said Magdeburg’s trainer Bennet Wiegert on “Sky”: “We can’t be so presumptuous and say: We’ll just knock Flensburg away on Boxing Day in this atmosphere.”
For Buric, the SCM is further “Favourite” on the title, “but there are still many games”, said the keeper.
High speed handball
By Christmas Day Magdeburg had won all of the major away games: in Kiel, Berlin and at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen. This led national coach Alfred Gislason, who led the club to the only German championship to date 20 years ago, to believe: “That can no longer be taken from the SCM.”
In a game with a lot of high-speed handball, Gislason was initially able to see himself confirmed. Magdeburg controlled the action, although 3,150 fans drove the hosts incessantly. At 9: 6 Magdeburg had pulled away a bit, but Flensburg fought back.
Flensburg powerful
Despite some time penalties, the North Germans went into the break with a tour, Magdeburg was impressed by the strength of the SG. The stable defense, which impressed not only national coach Gislason extremely, was increasingly having problems. On the other hand, Flensburg’s keeper Buric turned up – suddenly Magdeburg was six goals behind (16:22).
Tub of the best thrower
With a total of seven goals, Hampus Wanne led his team, which still had no chance in the first leg in October, to deserved success. Daniel Pettersson (7) met the most frequently for Magdeburg. Both teams will continue after the European Championships in Hungary and Slovakia. Magdeburg receives GWD Minden on February 9, Flensburg joins HSG Wetzlar one day later.
Göppingen wins derby against Stuttgart
Frisch Auf Göppingen struggled in the derby against TVB Stuttgart on Boxing Day, but defeated the penultimate in the table with 34:32 (19:13).