The primal screaming cheers of the owls over the away win could be heard in every corner of the ZAG-Arena. The defeated warrior quickly withdrew into the cabin. In the end it was even a thriller – but TSV Hannover-Burgdorf did not find the final solution on Thursday evening. The small streak of success is broken – the 25:28 (12:16) against Ludwigshafen was the first bankruptcy after four games.
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Recke Ivan Martinovic found clear words: “The owls showed from the first second what it was all about. I don’t know where we were, we slept completely through the first 15 minutes. ”Coach Carlos Ortega was even more drastic:“ The first 20 minutes were a disaster, a shame, ”the Spaniard rumbled. “We have to apologize to fans and sponsors.”
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Pictures from the handball Bundesliga game between TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and the Eulen Ludwigshafen
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Ivan Martinovic is visibly frustrated.
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The warriors had to cope with two failures in advance: Captain Fabian Böhm and Alfred Jönsson, two important weapons in the back area. Böhm is in two-week quarantine because there was a corona case in his area. He is K1 contact, but tested negative. Positive: He’s back in the week before the Cup Final Four (June 3rd and 4th).
“What are you doing? It doesn’t work like that”
The Swede Jönsson injured his ankle during training on Wednesday (torn ligament). A kind of miracle cure would be needed before the final four. For a short time, cyclist Evgeni Pevnov injured his calf, probably not dramatically, but in such a way that he did not play.
It remains to be seen whether it was due to the failures – but the warriors came very slowly into the catch-up game. Unconcentrated, biteless, faulty, and uninspired. Especially in attack. After the 2: 7 in the eleventh minute, Ortega took the first time out to shake up his weak warriors. “What are you doing? That does not work like this. We’re not doing what we want and have to do, ”he snapped at his players.
Only goalkeeper Domenico Ebner provided bright spots with parades. The insufficient yield at the front: two tales with eleven litters. The warriors could not even make significant use of numerous outnumbered games. It almost bordered on passive shooting aid for the owls in the relegation battle. After almost 24 minutes at 6:12, Ortega pulled the rip cord again.
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In fact, his team now pulled itself together a little. Only 12:16 at the break – the gap was still high, but not impossible to catch up. After the change, however, the misery took its course. Filip Kuzmanovski fouled Dominik Mappes and put his hand in his face. The referees rightly showed red – but for the wrong warrior. They sent Ilija Brozovic off the record.
Hanover no longer had a circular path. Petar Juric and Malte Donker had to help out. The lack of four regular employees could hardly be compensated for. Ortega took his last break after 14:21 (40th).
And suddenly, at 19:21 five minutes later, TSV was almost there. Why not like this beforehand? Martinovic shortened by seven meters to 20:21. Ludwigshafen hadn’t met for a good ten minutes. Did the owls get the flutter? No, the unjustified seven-meter throw at 26:24 80 seconds before the end was the preliminary decision because Nejc Cehte only hit the post in return.
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