Rhein-Neckar Löwen celebrate important victory in Stuttgart in front of a full house!

Rhein-Neckar Löwen celebrate important victory in Stuttgart in front of a full house!

An exciting handball game was held on Monday evening in the sold-out Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, where the Rhein-Neckar Löwen celebrated an impressive 28:25 victory over TVB Stuttgart despite numerous personnel problems. Without her international Juri Knorr, who failed due to illness, and Halil Jaganjac, who fought with adductor problems, showed the team of coach Sebastian Hinze a strong performance. The goalkeeper David Späth, who made a decisive contribution to success with incredible twelve parades, is particularly noteworthy, while Jannik Kohlbacher shone with seven goals as the best thrower of the lion, like SWR reports .

The game started more chaotic, with many mistakes on both sides that led to a balanced 9: 9 in the 18th minute. But the lions quickly found their rhythm. After Coach Hinze made a few changes and Zuth moved into the goal for Appelgren, the lions won a comfortable lead of five goals in the second half (15:20, 38th minute). Stuttgart fought back and reduced to 23:25 (55th minute), but the lions remained calm and secured the victory, while Späth continued to be characterized in the goal, like RNZ reports .

Overall, this victory for the lions was not only an important success before the upcoming Christmas, but also a sign of the strength and the team's fighting spirit despite the injury -related failures. With this result, the lions leave the first round with a total of twelve minus points and prepare for the last Bundesliga game of the year against HSG Wetzlar, which takes place on the second day of Christmas in the Mannheim SAP Arena.