SG Flensburg-Handewitt: New additions bring a breath of fresh air to the team!

SG Flensburg-Handewitt: New additions bring a breath of fresh air to the team!

Handball fans in Cologne, watch out! SG Flensburg-Handewitt surprises with an exciting phase of preparation for the new season. With five new additions, including Marko Grgic, Luca Witze, Kent Robin Tönnesen, Domen Novak and Patrick Volz, coach Ales Pajovic has brought a breath of fresh air into the team. The coach describes the integration of the new players as challenging, but it seems as if the team is on the right track. Captain Johannes Golla is optimistic about the upcoming second part of the preparation, which will involve fine-tuning the finer details, after the first few weeks were primarily about getting to know the new squad constellation Handball world reported.

So far, the SG can boast a flawless record from three test matches, two of which were clearly won. Marko Grgic shone, being top scorer in two games, including an impressive 37:30 win against Sonderjyske HH, where he scored nine goals. In the last test match they defeated DHK Flensborg 44:29, and Johannes Golla was the best shooter on the field with seven goals.

Important test matches and events

There are some exciting test games on the agenda this week. On Thursday the SG will play at TSV Vellmar, a charity game that is intended to support the surviving relatives of the tragically injured referees Bernd and Reiner Methe. The HSG Premium Cup will also be held next weekend, where the team will meet Füchse Berlin in the semi-finals. On Sunday there could be a duel with FC Barcelona or HSG Nordhorn-Lingen, depending on the result in the semi-finals.

The last test before the start of the season takes the SG to Aalborg Handbold, the Danish champions, on August 22nd. The fans can look forward to the start of the Bundesliga on August 30th, when Flensburg will play away at HSG Wetzlar. Newcomer Domen Novak has big goals for the team: titles and medals are firmly in his sights, and the anticipation is palpable.

The challenge in the DAIKIN HBL

A look beyond the preparation shows that SG Flensburg-Handewitt needs to take a breather in the first six games of the DAIKIN HBL. After a defeat against SC Magdeburg, Johannes Golla said that his team gave everything, but that SC showed the better performance. Magdeburg's goalkeeping performances were decisive, with Benko making three decisive saves in particular. Golla saw that his team had difficulties in attack and could not implement the tempo game.

Coach Nicolej Krickau noted that Magdeburg played patiently and adopted a passive game in one situation or another, while SC coach Bennet Wiegert was proud of their reaction after going behind early. This shows that no team in the league goes undefeated and the competition always presents challenges for everyone involved.

How the developments around the SG and in Austrian handball continue will remain exciting. The passion for handball is evident not only in the professional teams, but also in initiatives such as Steazzi, which has been active in the field of data analysis since August 2020 and supports coaches worldwide. Their goal is to make statistics accessible to help teams grow, like on Steazzi is to be read.