If the old rule, after a failed dress rehearsal is followed by a successful premiere, applies to the handball third division HSG Krefeld Niederrhein next Saturday at the start of the promotion round to the 2nd division, then the defeat in the last one is 10:33 (10:15) Test against VfL Eintracht Hagen in the Glockenspitzhalle at home but still something good. The Eagels could not build on their performance eight days earlier in the “first leg” (25:24 victory). In contrast, the guests impressively demonstrated their ambitions for promotion.
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The hosts had to do without newcomer Jascha Schmidt, Mike Schulz, Oliver Milde and Paul Skorupa, all of whom were spared. For Schmidt, Yorick Wolters was the second goalkeeper on the bench. He comes from the offspring of TSV Bayer Dormagen and has been a training guest for the Eagles for some time.
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From the first minute on, the Krefeld team had a hard time against a very stable and concentrated cover from the Hagen team and were quickly 2: 5 behind. Goalkeeper Oliver Krechel prevented worse in this phase. But above all guest goalkeeper Tobias Mahncke presented himself strongly and fended off a good half dozen free throws by the Eagles in the first quarter of an hour. The guests extended their lead to 15:10 by half-time.
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In the second round, too, the team made too many mistakes in the final, did not really find their way into the game and always made weaker attacks immediately after good phases. The defense did not work so well either. 16 minutes before the end, Wolters also got his first probation chance and immediately introduced himself with a parade. But Hagen now confidently downplayed the game.
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“It was clear to me that Hagen would perform better here today. But a defeat at this level shouldn’t happen to us at the back, ”said HSG coach Maik Pallach after the game. It was therefore a good learning process: “Anyone who thought after the victory in Hagen that we were on an equal footing with the opponent was shown who is a top favorite for promotion.”
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HSG: Krechel, Wolters – Buckle, Basic, Scheider (4), Hahn (2), Marquis, Braun (2), Schoenaker, Barwitzki (4/3), Brüren (4/1), Jagieniak (4), Srsen, Eberlein (2), Mircic.
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