The Rhein-Neckar Löwen lost their home game against HSV Hamburg on the 24th match day of the Handball Bundesliga by 32:35 (13:14). The lions failed to increase the pressure on leaders Füchse Berlin before their top game on Sunday at third-placed THW Kiel.
The Rhein-Neckar Löwen needed a few minutes to get into the game and were quickly trailing 0:3 (3rd minute). After the false start, the hosts responded with a 4-0 run and were in the lead for the first time (6th).
As a result, the lions failed again and again to HSV keeper Johannes Bitter. The former goalkeeper of TVB Stuttgart defused three seven meters, among other things. The result was the 13:14 deficit at the break.
In the second section, lions lose the thread again
The game remained exciting in the second half. Patrick Groetzki put the lions back in the lead for the first time in the 33rd minute. But in the final phase, the Hamburg team pulled away with three goals in a row (29:26 in the 52nd minute).
Sebastian Hinze’s team tried everything until the end, but continued to make too many mistakes to turn the game around again. In the final seconds of the game, Hamburg’s Casper Mortensen scored his ninth goal to make it 32:35 for the Lions.
In the table, the lions (37:11 points) are further behind the foxes (39:7) and ahead of Kiel (36:8), which has two games in hand.
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