Free ride? Lennart Leitz (at the throw) was able to score four hits like Möritz Köster, but overall Dormagen often bit his teeth offensive against the Berlin defense. (Photo: Heinz J. Zaunbrecher)
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Foxes Berlin – TSV Bayer Dormagen 38:25 (18:13). It’s a pretty sober prognosis: This mortgage is heavy, almost certainly too heavy. The dream of the Dormagener of somehow endangering the favorites from Berlin in the final or at least being able to put them under pressure did not work out the entire distance on Monday evening. What began very hopefully, later developed into a really clear matter – which did not do justice to the sometimes good appearance of the guests at this height. “For me, we were playing at eye level for 40 minutes until mistakes crept in and we didn’t take tactically smart throws,” said TSV coach David Röhrig, “and the guys tried to achieve a better result right up to the end. But the foxes have developed an unbelievable dominance. “His opposite, Bob Hannig,” incidentally “managing director of Berlin and Vice President of the German Handball Federation, even praised the loser:” They were the two strongest teams that we are currently in today Germany have. In the first 20 minutes we saw what the Dormagener can do. “
This judgment was definitely true because TSV Bayer worked passionately with the inner block from Aron Seesing and Christian Wilhelm at the back and bravely looked for solutions at the front – which was a strenuous affair against the hosts who were also consistently hard-working. Up to 4: 3 (11th) by Seesing, Dormagen presented each time and there was no difference in performance between the two teams. After the 6: 8 (16th) right winger Lennart Leitz (16th) and Kreisläufer Seesing (18th) equalized to 8: 8, before Sören Steinhaus reduced the 8:10 deficit (19th) to 9:10 (20th) .). With Finley Werschkull’s 13:15 (28th), TSV Bayer remained fully in the game, but Röhrig’s team hit hard in the last 162 seconds of the first round – 13:16 (28th), 13:17 (29th) , 13:18 (30.).
The Füchse needed less than two minutes in the second section to increase to 19:13 (31st) and 20:13 (32nd) thanks to Tim Freihöfer. The fact that Moritz Köster and Finn Wolfram brought the difference back to a tolerable level with their goals at 14:20 (33rd) and 15:20 (34th) remained a flash in the pan, especially since the Berliners practically did not allow themselves a phase of weakness. A proof: Freihöfer, the top thrower of the game, landed on the bottom line with 16 goals – and the balance sheet showed, among other things, a flawless yield of seven converted seven meters. From 19:29 (47th) it was finally clear that the Dormagener would have a defeat with more than ten goals difference in their luggage on the journey home. Then of course most of them had to swallow at the final siren – although they had little and certainly no lack of commitment or passion. At least one goal remains for the second leg next Sunday (4 p.m.) in the Bayer Sports Center. “After such a clap, it is of course not the right time to declare war,” explained Röhrig, “but we will put everything in again in the last game.” The fact that the mortgage is too heavy may even make things easier.
TSV Bayer Dormagen: Wollert, Ludorf – Rehfus (5/2), Träger, Hinrichs, Wolfram (2), Wilhelm (1), Köster (4), Leitz (4), Lincks (1), Seesing (2), Steinhaus (2), Werschkull (3), lap (1).
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