Title defense Perfect: Kiel wins the handball for the eleventh time

The THW Kiel has secured the first title of the new handball season and won the Supercup. The German master sat down on Saturday night in an exciting match with 30:29 (17:14) against Cup winner TBV Lemgo Lippe. For record champion Kiel, it is already the eleventh triumph in the Supercup, most recently they had won the title last year.

THW coach Filip Jicha was satisfied at the Sky microphone: It was a good game and makes you want an exciting season. Lemgo-coach Florian Kehrmann praised his team despite the defeat: The boys have brought a horny performance. In the beginning his team had too much respect.

Actually, we had the feeling of taking the game under control, but then left too many free balls, then it was exciting again, said Steffen Weinhold. The 35-year-old, who had resigned from the national team, also emphasized that he basically still Bock on Handball. I've deliberately chosen the national team to have more time for my family and play a little longer handball.

Jicha announces: Want to show true face

Niclas Ekberg was with five hits of best throwers of the Kiel in front of 3007 spectators in Dusseldorf. However, after an expired season with largely ghosts, 8000 spectators would have been allowed.

We want to show our true face, Jicha said before the game, But of course we know that we will have a lot of work in front of us. But the Master of Kiel appeared from the beginning of light awake and always tried to achieve with fast attacks over the longtime German international Hendrik Pekeler or Harald Reinkind Hits. Kiel was able to develop a four Goals lead (8: 4) for the first time after twelve minutes.

THW revansizes for cupboard

Lemgo, on the other hand, built his own offensive playing quieter and came to the first hits, but failed in the first round but twice a seven meters of the strong Kiel goalkeeper Niklas Landin. Therefore, Kiel kept the Lemgoer always at a distance, although Lemgo's backman Peter Johannesson also showed some strong parades (29.).

After the break, the keels, who wanted to recover for the bitter defeat in the Cup semi-finals last June, continued to depart, but often failed to Johannesson, who delivered an outstanding idea. Lemgo did not get up and came through the former Bundesliga scorer Bjarki Mar Elisson and the Spaniard Genton Guardiola again up to a hit (43.).

But in the episode, Kiel, which raised almost any attack over star players Domagoj Duvnjak, again a little more control and always claimed the tight guidance.

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The Bundesliga starts next to Wednesday with the game Kiel against HBW Balingen-Weilstetten in her 56th playing time.