For Hans Lindberg of Hamburg is always worth a visit, in summer and in Winter, spring and autumn. From 2007 to 2016, the Dane has worn the Jersey of the now second-rate HSV Handball, Hamburg was his first foreign station, and a career springboard, but especially the heart and a lot of life, much more than a home. At the very end, as the HSV became insolvent, and the players will be lost over night, their Jobs, perhaps it was not so nice. Otherwise, though, the Lindbergs have felt in the Hanseatic city has always been very good. “That’s why I’m always happy when I can be back in Hamburg”, says Hans Lindberg.
On Saturday, the 37-Year – old-German champion, Cup winner, Champions League winner with HSV, and since a few weeks, the Handball world champion-will return in an unusual feature to his old place of work: as captain of Füchse Berlin, who have qualified for the third Time in their club’s history after 2014 and 2015 for the final tournament of the DHB Cup.
For its Premiere, the foxes took the title in the final against SG Flensburg-Handewitt, a year later, you are in the semi-final of the SC Magdeburg – this Saturday (18.30, live on Sky sports News) in the semi-final round with the German record Champions – how to do the Cup winner THW Kiel. In the first semi-final of the TSV Hannover-Burgdorf and SC Magdeburg meeting earlier (from 15.45 p.m., live on ARD).
After the last turbulent phase, the foxes conceded for the first time in years, four defeats in a row – has seen the team of coach Velimir Petkovic this week is a downright luxurious Situation: After the meaningless last group game in the EHF Cup against Balatonfüredi were able to prepare Berlin for almost a week long detail on the next opponent – a rarity, given the otherwise game plan tight.
breaks for Drux and Wiede
In addition to Coach Petkovic on Sunday was allowed to take part in the European Cup, a rare freedom, as a precautionary measure a few days ahead: Struggling players such as the young Dane Jacob Holm or national player, Fabian Wiede not, respectively only one half played. Paul Drux, the transferred last, a little tired and had, had to view the matter from the bench. “We have agreed about it before, so this weekend all fit,” says Petkovic.
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Füchse Berlin can 36:23 in the EHF-Cup against Balatonfüredi
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win, “We are against the THW certainly not a favorite. But the experience shows that in such tournaments, anything is possible,” said Drux, “this might sound corny, but it’s really so.” The statistics, however, speaks quite clearly for the THW Kiel. Under the responsibility of the Icelandic success coach Alfred Gislason for Kiel to have a total of five Times for the final tournament on the first weekend in April and qualified for the Hamburg – you went, you guessed it already, in all five cases, as the DHB Cup winner from the field.