The Panthers can plan the championship celebration: after their 32:23 (17: 9) victory at Erlangen's Bundesliga reserve, the Brucker TuS handball players are only a small step away from the greatest success in the club's history.
Fürstenfeldbruck - "Everything is still like a frenzy," said coach Martin Wild after the win in Franconia - especially since the second in the table from Pfullingen suffered a bankruptcy at the chase duel in the Kaiserslautern district of Dansenberg. Bruck's lead in the table is now a whopping ten points six games before the end of the season. As early as next weekend, the Panthers could fix the title against Horkheim in front of their home backdrop - at least if Kornwestheim provides rifle support against Pfullingen.
In Erlangen it was clear early on in which direction the game would go. The Panthers led 6: 1 after almost twelve minutes. "The players again played incredibly focused and passionate handball," said Wild. The trainer was enthusiastic about a "bomb-proof defense" about captain Korbinian Lex and goalkeeper Michael Luderschmid and a strong Falk Kolodziej, who presented himself as "head of the team". There were also nice stories on the side.
Stephan Seitz wrote one of them. The youngster of Allachs Bundesliga juniors - the team of Bruck's ex-youth coach Andreas Krauß from Eichenau - who was only given a double license during the week, scored two goals in his debut. Already at the break it was clear that in the end the 60 Panther fans who were traveling would be allowed to celebrate their troops frenetically again. What Wild was happy about: Despite the high break time, no one in the cabin fell into a cheer. "The team continued to concentrate."
After about 40 minutes at the latest, the fair was finally read with a ten-goal lead. After that, the Panthers were able to spare their powers a little for the tasks ahead. The players who are more available for emergencies were also increasingly used. Defense line Johannes Luderschmid, the brother of the once again outstanding goalkeeper.
Wild does not want to put the focus (at least officially) on the increasingly probable promotion delegation to the 2nd Bundesliga, in which the first of up to three possible games would lead to Wilhelmshaven. "We still have to take the last step to the championship." Once that is done, further planning will follow. However, a train journey to Wilhelmshaven on the day before the game date with overnight accommodation is planned.