Just as Nikola Portner had taken a throw from Hendrik Pekeler to the head and had to be treated briefly, his coach Bennet Wiegert took the Swiss goalkeeper to once again, gave him a few words on the way and hit him hard on the chest several times. The scene from the final phase of the 34:31 victory against THW Kiel illustrates how important SC Magdeburg's success was against its rival from the north.
The SC Magdeburg showed against the Kieler the most constant season performance, allowed itself hardly weakness phases and was on the spot, if the THW made itself hopes to be able to lead the game nevertheless again in its direction. The back line with new playmaker Felix Claar (four goals, five assists) is working better and better and also Omar Ingi Magnusson (five goals, two assists) is gradually finding his form. In addition, there were 17 counterattack goals - a Magdeburger strength, which had recently been somewhat lost.
With 9:3 points, the SCM is the first pursuer of the top teams from Melsungen and Berlin, has now already completed three games against top teams. The home games against Flensburg and Kiel were won, away at the foxes there was a defeat especially performance-wise annoying.
