Potsdam handball trauma: seventh defeat and no point in sight!

Potsdam handball trauma: seventh defeat and no point in sight!

Potsdam, Deutschland - The promoted 1. VfL Potsdam remains without a dot even after the seventh game in the handball Bundesliga. In a gripping duel, the team of coach Emir Kurtagic lost to VfL Gummersbach with 26:28, despite a strong performance by the best thrower Maxim Orlov, who scored seven goals. Before 2,050 enthusiastic fans in the Potsdam arena, the team showed a combative performance, but the personnel situation was tense: without left -wing Marvin Siemer, who had to undergo foot surgery, and captain Elias Kofler, who was missing due to a foot injury, could not build on Potsdam to the previous performance.

The encounter started bumpy for the Potsdamer, who fought 2: 5 early, but thanks to a solid defensive and the parades of goalkeeper Frederik Höler and even took the lead 7: 6 in the meantime. Despite a 12: 10 lead after the break and a game at eye level, Potsdam made too many mistakes. Gummersbach won the game in the last few minutes and gave Potsdam the seventh defeat. The team thus remains the bottom of the table, www.welt.de reports .