The handball players of SC DHfK Leipzig have also narrowly lost their second game in the new Bundesliga season. Five days after the 29:31 opening defeat against Füchse Berlin, coach Runar Sigtryggsson's team was beaten 27:28 (15:14) at MT Melsungen on Saturday evening. In front of 2831 spectators, Viggo Kristjansson was Leipzig's best scorer with seven goals. With Melsungen Dainis Kristopans with ten goals excelled.
The nervousness, which Sigtryggsson had criticized with its protégés in the play against Berlin, made the SC DHfK also in the initial phase with the Melsungern victorious to the season start to create. It was not until just under six minutes later that Franz Semper scored Leipzig's first goal. The returnee initially kept his team in the game with energetic offensive actions. From the tenth minute the guests stabilized themselves and went after a strong phase of national player Luca Witzke with 11:10 (21. Minute) for the first time in the lead.
In the second half time both teams lost increasingly their playful line, the errors accumulated. Up to 24:22 (51.) the Leipziger maintained a narrow projection, before they favored with careless defensive behavior a Melsunger 5:1 run to 27:25 (56.). In the hectic final phase, the guests equalized once again through Lukas Binder to 27:27 (58.), before David Mandic threw the hosts to victory 110 seconds before the end.
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