TBV’s outright victory away - despite shortage of team members

Logi’s comeback at the hands-down victory in Dormagen

TBV doesn't miss out on anything in Dormagen without Preiβ, Kraus, Bechtloff and Hermann. Logi Geirsson scores a goal three times.

TBV Lemgo outright asserted themselves at TSV Dormagen with fast-break handball and a concentrated team performance with 38:26 (18:14) and spectacularly defied the  team member shortage on the squad. At the same time, Logi Geirsson performed his long desired comeback. Logi, who was born in Iceland, still had not been able to deal with a single competitive match for TBV this season. Michael Kraus, Jens Bechtloff and Sebastian Preiβ were out due to injury, Rolf Hermann also had to sit out on short notice and Ferenc Ilyés was still gritting his teeth in the face of existent pain in his right knee.

The hosts offered a better beginning and Christoph Schindler provided a score of 0:2 with a double strike. Daniel Kubes had to sit the bench for two minutes in as early as the third minute for the first time and Holger Glandorf made the first goal for Lemgo with a beautiful throw into the left corner. Schindler scored again with a free throw after Mocsai, who came onto centre-court for Strobel during Strobel’s suspension, had closed the gap. Coach Volker Mudrow reacted and replaced Svavarsson with Ilyés in the centre block. Meanwhile, Daniel Kubes had to sit on the penalty bench for the second time after 9 minutes and 2 seconds and TSV thereby raised its score to 4:7 (11.). However, TBV fought and didn't want to let their shortage of team members  get them down.

After 12 minutes and 18 seconds Logi Geirsson scored with his first goal for a score of 6:7 and a few seconds later Kehrmann successfully tied the score. And thus it continued, at first, a dream pass from Galia to Geirsson followed, TBV was leading for the first time with a score of 8:7 (14.). After 15 minutes and 10 seconds, TSV coach, Kai Wandschneider called his team over for a minute. Prior to this, Glandorf had made the next counter-attack for a score of 9:7. Yet TSV didn't allow themselves to be shaken initially. TBV threw away its chance during the attack and Dormagen leveled out the score at 9:9. From the 19th minute on, TBV was allowed to try with a team player in suspension again. Ilyés had to leave the field for two minutes after he was said to have unfairly tackled Linder at the circle.

Florian Kehrmann, who was able to overcome Feshchanka with a spinning trick shot for a score of 12:11 (20.), presented himself very strongly at this stage. Then the referees, however, placed themselves in the limelight again. Ilyés had to sit on the bench for an action that would have hardly attracted attention in any other match. However, Dormagen didn't manage a goal during the 6:4 power play, but rather a passive play. Unfortunately TBV missed the chance to break away even more decisively. Volker Mudrow took his team timeout in round one, 28 minutes and 40 seconds had been played. This was still enough for a seven-meter penalty shot, which Schmetz easily converted and the teams went back into the dressing rooms with a score of 18:14.

After the break TBV started with Mocsai in the centre, who had already replaced Strobel during the last minutes of the first half-time. TBV was leading with a score of 21:16 in the 35th minute through a goal by Glandorf and TBV was clearly on the road to victory. Dormagen made an effort during the attack against the TBV defence, behind which Carsten Lichtlein had come for Martin Galia. The game went faster and faster for TBV, two counter-attacks by Svavarsson and Glandorf and TBV was leading 23:16. Kai Wandschneider reacted, took his team timeout (36:53) and shifted his defence to a 4:2 formation. Yet TBV played on detached and calmly.

With a score of 26:18 (42.) by Glandorf, TBV was in front by 8 goals for the first time and tellingly operating once again in a position with a team player suspended. TBV kept the tempo up without impairment. Dormagen’ strength was visibly dwindling away and with a score of 31:21 (50.) the guests were far ahead by 10 goals. Dormagen continued to stick with its 4:2 defence against Ilyés und Mocsai – still nothing came of it. The game was visibly running out of steam in the final minutes. The result certainly turned out a little excessive for Dormagen and TBV had, however, spectacularly proved that it functions as a team and a unit.