VfL Oldenburg is subject to Ludwigsburg: Missing super day costs victory!

VfL Oldenburg is subject to Ludwigsburg: Missing super day costs victory!

The handball players of VfL Oldenburg had to accept a bitter defeat against the unbeaten top team HB Ludwigsburg on Wednesday evening. Despite a final cathedral that shortened the gap to 23:31, they clearly lost the top game with 23:32. At the beginning of the game, however, the people present in the EWE arena saw a balanced performance of the Oldenburg women, who were able to counter the Ludwigsburg women.

The encounter was almost decided after the first quarter of an hour at a stand of 3:10. This was very frustrating not only for the players, but also for the fans, because they had hoped for an exciting game. "Yes, Ludwigsburg can be beaten, but only on a great day," explained Oldenburg's goalkeeper Madita Kohorst after the game, whereupon she indicated that the team could not show the necessary performance.

weak start and lack of aggressiveness

The discussion about what exactly went wrong in the first ten minutes was intensively discussed by the players. Lisa-Marie Fragge found that more aggressiveness in the defense would have been required: "We should still have stepped into it," she said. The defensive defenses were punished hard by the rapid gates of the guests, which the Oldenburg women brought into a difficult Situation.

At the beginning of the game, the Ludwigsburgers steered the action by acting significantly faster. The Oldenburg defense did not offer the resistance that one would have expected against a team like Ludwigsburg. Behrend, a former VfL player, drew attention to herself at the beginning.

"We practically invited them," said Kohorst and emphasized that many goals resulted from quick attacks. In view of this situation, the guests managed to break down rapidly. The VfL players also agreed that the withdrawal and the exploitation of opportunities also left to be desired.

fighting spirit despite the deficit

Although VfL did not get in the kick, they showed a lot of fighting spirit and increased with increasing playing time. After 3:10 in the first phase, an increase followed 7: 8 and even after the half -time break, the gap was shortened to 13:19. According to Fragge, the team had the feeling that they were back in the game and might still be able to succeed.

A tactical change brought a breath of fresh wind: VfL temporarily rely on three circular runners, which led to better attacks. Pfundstein met four times in the second half, and the team improved noticeably in the game structure, which led to some successful goals.

"It was not impossible today," said the player and was confident that a victory would have been possible in the area of ​​the possible. However, the Constance lacked the individually strong team from Ludwigsburg in order to successfully catch up. The question remains whether there is enough strength for the upcoming games to improve performance.

Already on Sunday the next important game is waiting for the Oldenburg women because they will meet Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the DHB Cup. "We shouldn't lose that," emphasized Kohorst and asked her teammates to put everything in for this game. Because every defeat against a strong team like Ludwigsburg is painful, but can be manageable in the course of the season.

In the current table, VfL Oldenburg is quite positive despite the defeat with three wins from four games, and Kohorst leads the goalkeeper statistics with 46 parades. The season is still young, and the strong performance of individual players, such as Merle Lampe, who is currently the second best scorer of the Bundesliga, are optimistic.

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