The HSG Krefeld Niederrhein sparked handball fever: against the bottom of the table TuS Volmetal, 773 spectators came to the Glockenspitzhalle despite rising corona numbers and ensured not only a magnificent backdrop, but also a great atmosphere at the 37:24 (21:15) home success . Maik Pallach’s team showed attractive handball with beautiful goals at times.
The HSG, from which Mike Schulz and Kevin Christopher “KC” Brüren were absent due to illness, started focused, took advantage of the chances they had created and had strong support in goalkeeper Lasse Hasenforther. So the hosts started with a 4: 0, which they expanded from 9: 2 to 11: 3. At this point, Hasenforther had already defused the guests’ good chances, including two seven meters from Mats Pfänder. TuS came into play better and better, but HSG remained the dominant team. Maik Pallach was able to change his squad early on, the coach only waived a change in the goalkeeper position. So it went into the break with a 21:15 lead.
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In the second round, the hosts were the game-determining crowd in front of the second highest crowd of the season and increased the lead gate by gate – up to 32:20 in the 50th minute. In the end there was a befitting 37:24 success over TuS Volmetal.
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“The 15 goals I conceded in the first half were too much for me. I missed the aggressiveness in cover, ”said Maik Pallach, who especially praised his keeper Lasse Hasenforther after the game. “In the second round, too, I wished for more speed play in the second wave, here we had developed some ideas on how we wanted to solve it, but I was not satisfied with that. Thank you to the many viewers who came today despite the pandemic. And it was very nice that so many children were in the hall today. That’s exactly what defines our sport. “
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Pascal Noll, who was the HSG’s most successful goalscorer with ten goals and was elected player of the game, was delighted with the clear success and the great support of the spectators: “In the end we were able to clearly win the game with 13 goals and here in the Halle was in a great mood again. Thank you to the fans. “
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Thanks to the ninth win of the season, HSG Krefeld Niederrhein remains the leader of the third division season D with 18: 2 points.
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HSG: Hasenforther, Bartmann – Krings (2), Schnalle, Juric, Schneider (7), Noll (10/3), Hahn (7), Molz (2), Braun (1), Jagieniak (1), Obranovic (6/2 ), Mircic (1)
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