The foxes Berlin have kept their white vest in the Handball Bundesliga and have thus taken the lead of the standings for the first time this season.In the relegation fight, VfL Gummersbach, the old champion, celebrated an important victory and TuS N-Lübbecke, the last player, celebrated his first point.
In front of 7449 spectators at home in Fuchsbau, the Berliners didn’t let anything burn against the TBV Lemgo.The team of coach Velimir Petkovic won against East Westphalia 36-23 (17-8) and took the lead with the seventh victory in the seventh game (14-0 points) of the titleholder Rhein-Neckar Löwen (14-2), who won the Champions League on Saturday.
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Serbian Petar Nenadic (10) and international player Steffen Fäth (5) were the most successful casters of the foxes.
The TuS N-Lübbecke came surprisingly to the first point of the season.The rising star resisted host SC DHfK Leipzig with a 26:26 (16:10) but missed out on a four-goal advantage in the final phase and thus a possible victory.
The Saxons, with their final spurt in front of 3578 spectators, only just prevented the second home defeat within four days.Last Thursday there had been a 30:31 against Berlin in the Arena Leipzig.
The Gummersbach team celebrated their second victory of the season.The team of coach Dirk Beuchler came to a 26:22 (13:9) at the TVB Stuttgart and replaced the TV Hüttenberg (3:13) with 4:12 points from 16th place.TuS N-Lübbecke (2:14) remains the tail light.