Defending champion SC Magdeburg, runner-up Füchse Berlin and championship contender SG Flensburg-Handewitt have successfully mastered their mandatory tasks in the handball Bundesliga. The European League winner from Flensburg celebrated their second landslide victory of the young season with a 39:25 (21:8) win at TVB Stuttgart and defended their lead in the table with 4:0 points thanks to the best goal difference. “It was a concentrated performance, especially in the first half,” said pivot Johannes Golla.
The champions and cup winners from Magdeburg beat HSV Hamburg 32:26 (16:10) and, like MT Melsungen and Rhein-Neckar Löwen, also have 4:0 points. Three days after the bitter opening defeat in the Champions League against Hungarian representatives Pick Szeged, Magdeburg appeared to have recovered well. The favorites only had problems in the first three minutes and quickly fell behind 1:4. However, a 5:0 run brought the first lead, which was steadily extended until the break.
After the change, the double winner, with left winger Matthias Musche being the best scorer with nine goals, managed to maintain the lead. “The win was incredibly important. It’s good to start the season with four points,” said SCM backcourt player Gisli Kristjansson on the Dyn microphone. Next Sunday, Magdeburg will host record champions THW Kiel in their first top game of the season.
The Füchse Berlin had to put up much more resistance in their 37:32 (20:17) defeat against SC DHfK Leipzig. As is often the case, world handball player Mathias Gidsel was the best scorer with eight goals for the capital club, which, like Magdeburg, had started the group phase of the Champions League with a narrow defeat. Alongside Gidsel, U21 world champion Tim Freihöfer once again impressed as an accurate finisher. The left winger scored seven times.
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