Kiel Zebra's fight for victory: Dahmke demands more dominance!

Kiel Zebra's fight for victory: Dahmke demands more dominance!

The handball Bundesliga offered an exciting duel on Saturday evening when the THW Kiel defeated the 1st VfL Potsdam with 27:23. Under the watchful eyes of handball legend Kim Andersson, Kiel scored two important points, but the team of coach Filip Jicha was more difficult than expected. Rune Dahmke, left wing of the zebras, expressed self -critically: "It cannot be that we let them keep up for so long."

The Kieler with their impressive experience of experience faced a special challenge against the pointless Potsdam. In particular, the 1st VfL, under the coaching of Emir Kurtagic, was defensively and made sure that the zebras could not dominate, as many in the crowded miracleino arena (10,053 spectators) had expected.

comeback from Nikola Bilek and powerful defense

Nikola Bilek, who celebrated his comeback after a long injury break, showed an impressive return with his characteristic "Signature Move" and made two goals to success. The THW keeper Andreas Wolff, on the other hand, proved to be a stable backing with 13 parades, which supported the Kiler defense and made a decisive contribution to victory.

The highlight of the game was the intensive competition in the field: Despite some technical mistakes on the side of the Kiel - including ten misses until half -time - the Potsdamers managed to do the same, by a misunderstanding in Kiel defense that David Akakpo gave the chance to equalize to 11:11. This happened in the 28th minute and ensured an exciting atmosphere.

The first half ended with a narrow 13:11 for the hosts. This underlined the difficulties that Kiel had to dominate a motivated promoted. "We have to appear more dominant here from the start," said Dahmke after the first half of the game.

a playoff game with perspectives

The second half started similarly to the first, with Peters "Schneck" causing a lot of security in the goal. Kiel now came into play better and increased the point distance, which was rewarded with an intermediate score of 23:17 in the 50th minute. This phase of the game could be considered a key moment, since Kiel took control of the match.

The teams fought until the end, but Kiel did not let the victory take out of his hand. After a playfully little intoxicating, but combat-emphasized match, Filip Jicha, the THW coach, commented on the defensive after the game: "We knew that it would not be a walk. Potsdam defended passionately."

for the 1st VfL Potsdam, despite the defeat, it was an encouraging sign that they could keep up on the field. Emir Kurtagic viewed his team's progress in a "passionate and brave appearance". This could be the reason for optimism, because the risk of relegation remains acute for the Brandenburgers.

The THW Kiel is now asked for the next challenge in the European League after the game, where an away game at RK Nexe is coming on Tuesday. The trip to Croatia is already planned on Monday to give players the necessary relaxation. The view is firmly aimed at the next games to meet the goals set in the Bundesliga and in Europe.

Overall, this game shows both the challenges and the potential of both teams, whereby the THW Kiel was able to fall back on proven strengths against the promoters from Potsdam, but at the same time had to fight against their aggressive defense work. It remains to be seen whether these experiences will have a positive effect on the upcoming encounters. A playful increase would be extremely important for the THW to continue the trend in the coming week.