The In the handball Bundesliga, THW Kiel was barely scratched past a embarrassment at 25:22 (10:11) in the final light 1.
At the THW Kiel, who competed in Potsdam without defense chief Hendrik Pekeler (knee injury), very little went together in the initial phase. When the hosts even managed a 3-0 run after their own break, it was said from a quarter of an hour 5: 6.
Even afterwards, nothing was easy for the North Germans. At 7: 7 (24th), an orbit Jicha took a break to say his players loudly and very clearly that what has been shown so far was far too little. His words in the first round no longer produced too much effect – Kiel was 10:11 behind the break.
Wolff saves Kiel the two points
After the first two-goal deficit (10:12), Andreas Wolff was on hand. The parades of the national goalkeeper contributed to the fact that the THW was able to develop a 16:13 lead. Again and again the Kielers failed to VfL goalkeeper Martin Tomovski – just like Emil Madsen in the 55th minute at 21:21 by seven meters.
1. VfL Potsdam – THW Kiel 22:25 (11:10)
Tore Potsdam: Akakpo 6, Orlov 5, Simic 4, Paulnsteiner 3, Kraus 2, Fuhrmann 1/1, Kofler 1
Tore Kiel: Madsen 7/1, Imre 4/2, Dahmke 3, Zerbe 3/1, E. Ellefsen a Skipagötu 2, Johansson 2, WiEcek 2, M. Landin 1, Pabst 1
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Lukas Zerbe made it better a little later and scored 23:21 for the guests with a penalty throw. Kiel’s most successful player Madsen (seven goals) decided 70 seconds before the final siren with the 25:22 the game in favor of the great favorite, in whose ranks Wolff was the best player.
“It was so embarrassing.”
-THW player Emil Madsen
Madsen saw it the same way after the game, the Danish back room player only formulated a lot more clearly: “We are the THW Kiel and we play handball like this – that was embarrassing. It was so bad of all players. Andy was of course good, but everyone else was bad. If we hadn’t had Andy Wolff, we would have lost. “
