Bitter start to the season | August 29, 2024
In the first game of the new season, Wacker Thun had to admit defeat away at HC Kriens-Luzern with a clear 34:23. The Oberland team was unable to find its rhythm for long stretches.
Thun tried hard, but in the end they were unable to do anything against the favorites.Photo: Romy Streit
The situation before the first match in the highest Swiss handball league was clear: Wacker Thun went into the match against last year’s finalists Kriens-Luzern as clear underdogs. The whole thing was made more difficult by the fact that, like last year, Thun was missing several players due to injury.
The game in central Switzerland had only been going on for a few minutes when it was already clear that the Oberland team would have nothing to gain against the favorites. Thun had to wait a long time for their first goal, while Krienz-Luzern was already pulling ahead. The home team was 15:9 at halftime – a deficit that was difficult to overcome.
It’s raining goals
The second half continued in the same way as the first. Kriens-Luzern played themselves into a frenzy, kept scoring and never left any doubt that this was the first win of the new season. And Wacker? A lot of things weren’t going right for Thun. The Oberland team struggled, especially in attack.
For Remo Badertscher’s team, it was now a matter of limiting the damage, as the saying goes. But even that was only partially successful. In the end, the score was 34 to 23 for the favorites from central Switzerland, and Wacker’s first clear defeat of the season was sealed.
Next week there will be a new chance for Thun: In the first home game of the season, Wacker Thun will face HSC Suhr Aarau.
Quickline Handball League
On Wednesday,
Kriens-Lucerne – Wacker Thun, 34:23 (15:9)
RTV Basel – GC Amicitia Zurich, 21:26 (11:16)
Play on Saturday
Kreuzlingen – St. Otmar St. Gallen, 6 p.m.
Cadets Schaffhausen – BSV Bern, 6.45 p.m.
Match telegram
Kriens-Lucerne – Wacker Thun, 34:23 (15:9)
Ort: Krauerhalle, Kriens – 650 fans. – Referee Linus Hardegger/Simon Hardegger.
Kriens-Lucerne: Bonnefoi (10 saves/1 goal)/Näf (7), Cepic (2), Epp (2), Flückiger (1), Idrizi, Küttel (4), Langenick (5), Obranovic (4), Orbovic (2), Röttges (2), Schlumpf (1), Sigrist (3), Steenaerts (2), Wolfisberg (5).
Wacker Thun: Winkler (4 saves)/Wick (2), Baumann (2 goals), Buck, Chernov (1), Delhees (6), Felder (2), Gruber (2), Huwyler (1), Kiener, Lüthi (1), Meschke (1), Flavian Römer (7/3), Leandro Römer.
Punish: 2 x 2 minutes against Kriens-Luzern, 3 x 2 minutes against Wacker Thun.
Remarks: Missed penalties 0:2.
