Eisenach's handball players suffer third defeat in a row

The handball players of ThSV Eisenach are running out of steam at the end of the Bundesliga season. Coach Misha Kaufmann's charges lost their home game against VfL Gummersbach 30:34 (13:16) on Sunday, their third defeat in a row. Miro Schluroff (8), Ellidi Snaer Vidarsson (7), Julian Köster, Teitur Örn Einarsson (4 each) and Milos Vujovic (4/2) played the biggest part in the visitors' success. Marko Grgic (13/6), Simone Mengon, Ivan Snajder and Filip Vistorop (4 each) scored the most goals for Eisenach.

The home side missed the start and had to chase a deficit for a long time. Gummersbach pulled away from 4:1 (6th) and 7:3 (11th) to 13:8 (23rd). The club from Thuringia stepped up its game after the break and equalized for the first time at 24:24 (48'), but was not able to take the lead once in the encounter. Gummersbach decided the game in its favor in the final five minutes with a 4:0 run from 28:28 (55') to 28:32 (58').