A firework of a handball game concluded in a tight victory, 40–39 for SG Flensburg-Handewitt over Füchse Berlin. – As soon as we entered the arena, we were focused on the game, which the team did brilliantly, Simon Pytlick said to the club webpage.
With Simon Pytlick´s upcoming transfer – from Flensburg to Füchse in mind, the Danish back court ace was definitely in focus for the top game Thursday night. For now, Pytlick bears Flensburg´s jersey and produced quality goals for the winning team.
Pytlick´s eleven goals brought Flensburg to second place in the league but not without fight to the final whistle. Berlin managed to reduce the home teams five goal lead in the second half and even had a chance to equalize.
Then, the normally dominant Mathias Gidsel was blocked down by the Flensburg defense and 40–39 remained on the board.
– In the end, I would have preferred to win a bit earlier, but we were also playing against a team with a lot of experience, Flensburg´s coach Ales Pajovic told the club webpage.
The tight margin was a common ingredient, also when Bergischer HC finished one down to ThSV Eisenach. BHC was once more in good shape on home ground and Sören Steinhaus provided the deciding goal some minutes before the end and 27–26.
Rhein-Neckar Löwen got ahead of VfL Gummersbach, was able to hold on to a decent lead and triumph by 34–32.
Dani Baijens hit the mark with nine goals and also celebrated his 500th Bundesliga goal, while Lukas Sandell had a good effect on the attacking pace for RNL.