Kiel show their second face and take revenge

After two straight defeats, THW Kiel are back on track in the VELUX EHF Champions League. The three-time winners of Europe’s elite competition took a close 26:25 win at their neighbours and are only one point behind Flensburg.

In total, it was Kiel’s 55th win against Flensburg; in international matches, it was victory number 8 Seven goals from Anders Eggert were not enough for the hosts Flensburg lost their second home match of the season by a one-goal margin, after the 27:28 loss against Barcelona The THW left-handers, Zeitz and Weinhold, were injured in the 91th derby

GROUP A

SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) vs. THW Kiel (GER) 25:26, 13:17 In handball, everything can change within three days. After the 22:30 defeat on home ground, the THW players left the court with their heads down. On Wednesday night during the re-match at Flensburg, Kiel demonstrated their power in the first half – though they had to replace Olympic champion Rene Toft Hansen, due to injury and later on, the team lost their back court aces, Steffen Weinhold and Christian Zeitz, also due to injuries.

The match was initially delayed five minutes because of technical problems with the score board. First, the hosts played in the same efficient style as on Sunday and during the 37:27 group phase win against Kiel in the previous season.

But when the engines of ‘Mr. Hammer’ Christian Zeitz had started, the match turned around completely. “We did not have the …

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