HSG LiGra can still lose

The HSG LiGra handball players can still lose: The newcomer to the men’s North Association League suffered its first defeat of the season in the 27:41 (12:19) defeat at the title aspirant HSG Delmenhorst II in the fourth match, a pretty significant defeat . “In general, it can be said that we simply didn’t get into our tempo game,” said returnee Nils Hansel. The goalgetter was sorely missed in the 29:26 win over TSV Altenwalde.

“We had a bad day as a team and couldn’t stand up to our opponents in defense or attack,” admitted Hansel. In the initial phase, further success still seemed to be within the realm of possibility. Sven Schröder gave the league newcomer a 2-0 lead with two converted seven meters. But the home team turned the tables in the following minutes with four goals in a row. But the guests stuck with it afterwards.

Chris Ohlrogge reduced the score to 7:8 after 14 minutes. But the hosts then pulled ahead with three goals in the series for the first time at 11:7 with four goals. Kay Ströhmann caused another brief flash in the pan with 9:12. But mainly thanks to their goalgetter Jörn Janßen, who should not be confused with the former HSG goalscorer Jörn Janssen, who left the club before the season to move to the east of the Republic, the Delmenhorst team even rushed to 15 after 21 minutes: 9 of them.

System changes fizzle out

Guest coach Clemens Böschen wanted to interrupt this run with a time out. However, the trainer was unable to prevent the home seven from increasing the gap to seven goals for the first time thanks to a brace from Tim Coors at 17:10. This lead remained until the break. The guest decided to reduce the distance as quickly as possible for the second round. “But none of the many changes in coverage made by our coach brought us closer to Delmenhorst,” stated Nils Hansel. The LiGra handball players around coach Clemens Böschen tried an offensive 3:2:1 coverage, with the defensive 6:0 variant or with man coverage. But nothing worked.

Until Nils Hansel scored 17:25 after 39 minutes, the guest ensured that the gap did not become significantly larger. But then Sven Schröder received one of only two two-minute penalties for the promoted team and, due to being outnumbered, facilitated another goal from Tim Coors. In the end, he scored a total of eight goals. Frederic Oetken (9) and Jörn Janßen (11) were even more successful for the home team. With 28 goals, this trio alone contributed more than two thirds of all Delmenhorst goals.

At 28:18, the lead of the still unbeaten title contender reached double digits for the first time. Shortly afterwards, Clemens Böschene causes another time-out. Nico Schnaars made the result a little more bearable with his goal to make it 22:31. But in the final minutes the hosts increased their lead a little. A weaker consolation for the guest was that he converted all eight seven meters.

HSG LiGra: Wigger; Albers, Schröder (6/4), Buschmann, Wienberg, Hänsel (6), Ströhmann (4), Stenekes (1/1), Kersting (1), Oliver Link, Ohlrogge (5/3), Schnaars (4)

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