The handball players of Drenth Group Hurry-Up were always lagging behind in the away match against Bevo. The Zwartemeers lost 28-22.
There was little to complain about that defeat in Panningen in the BeNe League. The men of Drenthe coach Sven Hemmes, who was in charge of Bevo’s second team last season, faced a deficit from the start. The Limburgers got off to a good start, while the Hurry-Up players did not seem to be fully awake yet. That quickly led to a 6-2 lead for the home club.
Afterwards, the guests started to play handball reasonably well, but never managed to take over the initiative in the match and become the dominant party. Bevo always kept a gap of two or three goals in his favor. At halftime, both teams went to the changing rooms at 13-10.
It doesn’t get more exciting than 17-16
In the second half, initially nothing was lost for the Zwartemeerders, who had won the previous three games in a row with great effort. After Sverre Jansen scored hard for Hurry-Up, the deficit was reduced to one goal at 17-16 with twenty minutes to play. But it didn’t get more exciting.
At Hurry-Up, which was missing several players due to injuries, such as class player Patrick Miedema, the pipe ran empty. The Drenthe had more and more difficulty fighting past the strong Bevo cover. And if he did succeed, the shot was too impure to outwit the excellent Limburg goalkeeper Arjan Versteijnen. Bevo remained dangerous offensively and scored. That gave the home team an increasing lead.
Brent Riksten top scorer with eight goals
Bevo took the lead 22-16 and 24-18. Hurry-Up did something against, mainly through top scorer Brent Riksten (a total of eight goals) and the Portuguese corner player Goncalo Gracio. As a result, the Zwartemeers came closer again, but… closer Then there was no difference of four goals at 25-21. The guests from Drenthe missed too many opportunities again, so that Bevo achieved a deserved victory without any problems with 28-22. With six points, the Limburgers are still lower in the standings than Hurry-Up, which has seven.