With a dramatic 38:33 (17:20) away win at the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, the Foxes Berlin took the final hurdle last Sunday and crowned the German handball champion for the first time. A great moment in club history for the club and everyone involved.
Stefan Kretzschmar experienced pretty much everything in world handball. When the former world-class leftist, who has been working as a sports director at the Füchsen Berlin since 2020, had finally reached his club on the summit of German handball on Sunday, but all the dams broke for the 52-year-old.
“I cried for the first time before the game when my daughter Lucie handed me a handicraft. When the final whistle came, I cried like a small child,” said Kretzschmar in a guest post for the “Sport Bild”.
The other makers of the capital club such as President Frank Steffel, Managing Director Bob Hanning or head coach Jaron Siewert also fell emotionally resolved in the arms after the victory against the lions, who was still wiggling far into the second half.
From the innermost of the Mannheim SAP-Arena, where the first exuberant master party rose, Kretzschmar revealed: “With the team I only celebrated in the cabin in Mannheim. And that also dry-until Mathias Gidsel and Max Darj dragged me into the shower and then performed the joy dance there, which mutated into a rain dance. Fabian Wiede and other players. “
Handball: Gidsel comparison with Michael Jordan
As the biggest milestone on the way to the first championship in club history, the long-time international named the commitment of the later world handball player Mathias Gidsel in 2022. This has been leading the foxes on the right back position from victory to victory for three years, protruding in the closed HBL season with sensational 275 field gates.
“What Michael Jordan is for basketball is Mathias Gidsel for handball. I also regularly bomb it with Jordan quotes that he will be sent to me without being asked. He reminds me incredibly of Michael. How someone came to a club and the culture that changed the mentality, and on the way the popularity of the club changed,” nobried Kretzschmar the Dänen, the Dänen, ” In addition to his outstanding performances in Berlin, three times world champion and once Olympic champion with the Danish national team.