SC DHfK Leipzig narrowly misses victory in East derby against SC Magdeburg

After a strong comeback, the Bundesliga handball players of SC DHfK Leipzig just missed a victory in the East derby against SC Magdeburg. The team of coach Runar Sigtryggsson wrestled a 27:27 (10:15) from the Champions League winner on Sunday afternoon in front of 5763 spectators. For SC DHfK, Icelander Viggo Kristjansson stood out with seven goals. Coach Bennet Wiegert's team had its best scorer in Albin Lagergren (eight goals). While the SCM with now 9:3 points is unchanged third, the Leipziger (3:7) improved on rank 13.

"That is no normal handball game, that is the salt in the soup," had DHfK managing director Karsten Günther the meaning of this game in the apron again emphasized. However, this message did not seem to get through to the players at first. The Leipzigers completely overslept the opening phase, made too many technical errors and developed no penetrating power at the back against SCM's mobile defense. The SCM, who had lost 20:32 against FC Barcelona in the top flight on Thursday night, found playful solutions in attack and led 10:3 after 17 minutes. With the introduction of Maciej Gebala, Sigtryggsson managed to stabilize the inner block. In the last five minutes before the break, the SCM scored no more goals, so that the Leipzigers could reduce to five goals.

After the break, the hosts continued to fight their way back. With the advanced Matej Mamic in the defense, they disrupted the Magdeburg game structure, in addition, the substitute goalkeeper Domenico Ebner developed into a decisive factor. In the 55th minute, Simon Ernst equalized at 25:25, before ex-Magdeburg player Moritz Preuss put the hosts in front for the first time since the 1:0 at 27:26 (57th). In the hectic final phase, Omar Ingi Magnusson equalized for SCM. With the last attack, the Leipzigers had the chance to win, but Luca Witzke stuck.