Pure excitement! VfL Oldenburg loses just against Borussia Dortmund

Pure excitement! VfL Oldenburg loses just against Borussia Dortmund

On January 5, 2025, the Bundesliga handball players of VfL Oldenburg started the new year unhappily and lost their opening game against Borussia Dortmund with 27:28 (12:12). In the sold -out small EWE Arena, over 2,500 spectators watched the exciting duel.

The best thrower of VfL was Marie Steffen, who scored a total of six goals. Goalkeeper Madita Kohorst showed a solid performance and held 31.7 percent of the throws cast on her goal. Coach Niels Bötel had called for a compact defensive in advance to stand up to the league leader.

game course in detail

The game began with an early lead for Oldenburg, which was achieved by Pam Korsten in the 11th minute (5: 4). After a 6: 4 by Marie Steffen in the 13th minute, Dortmund was able to dictate the course of the game and in the meantime led 11: 8. Oldenburg, however, fought back and equalized shortly before half -time to 12:12. After the change of sides, Luisa Knippert managed the lead goal to 13:12 (32nd minute).

Despite the possibility of setting up, technical errors on the offensive prevent a comfortable lead. After 40 minutes the scoreboard showed a 16:16. In the final phase, Oldenburg even led 21:19, but Dortmund equalized within a minute. In the decisive phase of the game, Dortmund won a two-goal lead (27:25). Seconds before the end, Luisa Knippert had the chance to equalize, but failed at the Dortmund goalkeeper Sarah Wachter.

With this defeat, VfL Oldenburg completed the first half of the season with 13: 9 points to five. The next home game will take place on Friday, January 10th, against TuS Metzingen at 7 p.m.

The game results and the performance of the VfL players are listed below: Winters, Kohorst-Borutta (3), Teiken, Weyers, Martens (1), Steffen (6), Lampe (5/4), Oetjen, Pfundstein (1), Röpcke, Knippert (3), Korsten (3), Golla (2), question (3).

Madita Kohorst, which started with the handball game in the home club TV Dinklage, has also had an impressive career. She moved from VfL Oldenburg to TuS Metzingen in the course of her career and later played at Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and in the EHF Champions League. After returning to VfL Oldenburg in the summer of 2023, she almost completed her teaching degree and would like to stay in Lower Saxony in the long term. Kohorst has already survived a cruciate ligament tear and is working on returning to her old strength, which she also attributes to the professional way of working and the trust that VfL will attribute, as Handball-world.news reported.