FRESH ON! with a hard-fought victory against Leipzig, FRESH ON! Göppingen Management & Marketing GmbH, press release

FRESH ON! had to do without Jacob Bagersted (flu) and Oskar Neudeck (play at TV Plochingen) in the game against SC DHfK Leipzig. Instead, new signing Josip Sarac made his debut in a FRISCH AUF! jersey. The guests from Leipzig, where Marko Mamic was out at short notice, got into the game better and took the lead 0:2. FRESH ON! but immediately caught up, with Kresimir Kozina in particular showing himself to be accurate. From the 3:5 intermediate score (7th), FRISCH AUF! increase in defence. Sebastian Heymann, who couldn’t play in attack because of a shoulder injury, was the chief of defense there today and initially marked with Kresimir Kozina in the inner block. Marcel Schiller made it 5:5 with two goals and Kevin Gulliksen brought up FRISCH AUF! with a 6:5 lead. The green-whites took the lead with a two-goal lead, but were only able to hold this gap for a short time. Sime Ivic, the best shooter at SC, equalized to 8:8. FRESH ON! but initially stayed on the trigger and was able to present each time. Unfortunately, after the 11:10 score, a double advantage situation remained unused because Jon Lindenchrone Andersen was unlucky to throw. But at least Tim Kneule was able to score 12:11 after being outnumbered. For a short time, the guests gained a lead at 12:13, but FRESH ON! quickly got back on track. Daniel Rebmann parried an important ball at 13:13 and Tim Kneule and Janus Smarason scored to make it 15:13. Finally, Tobias Ellebaek made the half-time score 16:14.

Jon Lindenchrone Andersen scored right after the half-time break to make it 17:14. After that, however, the guest from Leipzig came into play better and was able to equalize after 37 minutes of play to make it 18:18. At 20:21 Leipzig was in the lead again, but FRESH ON! marked another 23:22 lead in the 44th minute of the game. Then FRESH OPEN! into a manpower situation and the SC went away up to 23:25. FRESH UP! trainer Hartmut Mayerhoffer then prepared his team for the final phase with a team timeout. Janus Smarason scored to connect and Marcel Schiller equalized with a seven-metre throw. Unfortunately, an own majority situation remained unused after that and the guest was again in the lead with seven minutes before the end by two goals. Kresimir Kozina fought for the 26:27 and the FRESH UP! fans frenetically support their team in this close fighting game. The Göppingen defence, in which Josip Sarac was now being used more and more, now covered carefully. As part of a second wave, the Croatian got hold of the ball as a rebound and scored his first goal for FRISCH AUF! for the 27:27 equaliser. Nemanja Zelenovic was reserved for the opening goal and Marcel Schiller increased it to 29:27 two minutes before the end. The final phase was not to be surpassed in tension. Missed throws on both sides increased the drama, including a 7m lob by Marcel Schiller against the post. Lukas Binder shortened the lead to 29:28 shortly before the end. A technical error by FRESH UP! the guests from Leipzig regained possession of the ball, but the defense and goalkeeper Urh Kastelic combined their strength to thwart the last chance to throw. The actually balanced game ended with a 29:28 home win to the cheers of the FRISCH AUF! fans.

Coach voices from the PK:

Guest coach Andre Haber: “Today it’s a very annoying defeat for us. Everything was possible and we had the preliminary decision in our hands several times. That’s why it hurts not to take a point. That’s all I can say today.”

FRESH UP! Coach Hartmut Mayerhoffer: “Under the conditions we had, things went very well for us today. We ran into problems in the middle of the second half, but Sebastian Heymann and Josip Sarac then touched concrete in defence. Sebastian had Shoulder problems and could therefore only be used in defence. We had to throw Josip in at the deep end today and he did a very good job. That was outstanding.”

FRESH UP!: Kastelic (1st-19th; 52nd-60th), Rebmann (19th-52nd); Smarason 2, Kneule 3, Lindenchrone Andersen 3, Heymann, Sarac 1, Ellebaek 1, Schiller 10/4, Goller (ne.), Gulliksen 2, Hermann (ne.), Zelenovic 1, Kozina 6.

SC: El-Tayar (1.-30.), Saeveraas (31.-60.); Wiesmach, Ernst 1, Witzke 3, Krzikalla 3, Binder 7, Jotic 2, Ivic 8/2, Remke, Sunnefeldt 1, Gebala 3, Milosevic, Esche.

Feature film: 0:2 (2nd), 7:5 (12th), 9:9 (18th), 12:11 (24th), 12:13 (26th), 16:14 (Hz.) – 17:14 (31st), 18:18 (37th), 20:21 (41st), 23:22 (44th), 23:25 (48th), 25:25 (51st), 25: 27 (53rd), 29:27 (57th), 29:28 (end).

Penalties: 4/4.

Viewers: 3360 (sold out).

Referees: Christian and Fabian vom Dorff.

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