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BHC without captain Babak: Big challenge against Göppingen!
On October 17th, 2025 the BHC will play against Göppingen without captain Babak. Injured, but he supports the team morally on site.
BHC without captain Babak: Big challenge against Göppingen!
Bergische HC has to play away against Frisch Auf Göppingen on Friday, October 17th, but the short-term changes in the team pose a challenge. Captain Tomas Babak is expected to be out for between three and five weeks due to a foot injury, more precisely a torn syndesmotic ligament. This surprising turn of events comes after his injury in the last game against SC Magdeburg, where Babak landed awkwardly on his own foot. Despite these setbacks, he will travel to Göppingen to offer his team moral support, as die-stadtzeitung.de reports.
The mood within the BHC team is really good despite the last defeat against Magdeburg. This optimistic attitude is crucial because the game against Göppingen will not be an easy task. The opponents have achieved four draws from nine games so far this season and are in ninth place in the table with 8:10 points. Your recipe for success? Two wins, including against Erlangen and TSV Hannover-Burgdorf, show that they can be dangerous. BHC coach Markus Pütz and assistant coach Arnor Gunnarsson are aware of this and plan to play the game using playmakers Elias Newel and Ludvig Hallbäck.
Injury-related changes
With Babak out, Sören Steinhaus will take on more responsibility in the backcourt. He has had a second game right from TSV Bayer Dormagen since the start of the season and will now be required to fill the gap. Nico Schöttle is also expected to receive more game shares. Another injured player, Soeren Servos, also cannot play because he sustained an abdominal muscle injury. These changes will be crucial for the team, according to handball-world.news.
As with many handball players, injuries are not unknown territory in the BHC. Statistics show that handball is one of the most accident-prone sports, for both women and men. Numerous players suffer injuries each year, with approximately 40% of injuries occurring to the lower limbs. Strains, ligament injuries and fractures, which are often caused by regular duels, are particularly common. Babak's specific injury falls into this category of common handball injuries, which often require long rehabilitation periods. deximed.de describes that the average downtime per injured player is around 30 days, which is why teammates have to stick together especially now.
The challenge in Göppingen
The game against Göppingen will be a test for the BHC, where it will be important to play aggressively and quickly in order to neutralize the opponent's home strength. Marcel Schiller, Göppingen's identification figure, leads their internal goalscorer list with 41 goals and will be one of the players who need to be stopped. But the BHC goes into this game without any pressure and sees the possible points as a bonus, an approach that could perhaps be the key to a successful appearance in the EWS Arena.
It remains to be seen how the team will perform without its captain. But one thing is certain: Tomas Babak's support will give the players on the field additional motivation, and perhaps the BHC will be able to successfully overcome the obstacles and score valuable points.