Significantly more spectators than recently want to see the handball Bundesliga match between HSV Hamburg and former champions SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the Barclays Arena.
Almost 6,000 tickets have already been sold for the game on Sunday (4 p.m. / Sky).
To do this, a few blocks in the upper tier of the 13,000-seat arena must be opened.
Hamburg - promoted HSVH is getting better and better.
The DHB Cup game against Füchse Berlin, who were undefeated in the Bundesliga, was only just lost at 28:29 last Wednesday.
"I'm very, very proud of the team," said coach Torsten Jansen.
Now his team wants to show a courageous game against runner-up Flensburg-Handewitt.
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Werner versus Zimmermann: Friendship rests on Saturday
The second division north duel between Holstein Kiel and Hannover 96 also has a very personal touch this Saturday: The two coaches Ole Werner (Kiel) and Jan Zimmermann (Hanover) are close friends in private.
"No matter what happens in this game and how it ends, it won't change anything in our friendship," said Zimmermann on Thursday.
Werner versus Zimmermann: Friendship rests on Saturday
Kiel want to bring home three against Hannover 96
The list of injuries at the second division football team Holstein Kiel is getting shorter.
As coach Ole Werner said on Thursday, the last ailing Stefan Thesker, Steven Skrzybski and Julian Korb could be back in the squad in the home game against Hannover 96 on Saturday (1.30 p.m. / Sky).
This also applies to Fiete Arp, who has been sick in the past few days.
Kiel want to bring home three against Hannover 96
Golla on FIFA plans: "There is enough football"
Handball national player Johannes Golla has criticized the plans of the world football association FIFA to host a World Cup every two years.
“Football doesn't need to play more tournaments.
There is enough football, ”complained the runner from Bundesliga club SG Flensburg-Handewitt in an interview with Sport1.
"In football, a World Cup and European Championship are even more important than in handball because there are four years in between."
Golla on FIFA plans: "There is enough football"
The hosts are not without a chance, because Flensburg has problems this season.
Recently they failed the trophy with 26:29 at HC Erlangen.
Before that, they had to accept defeats in the Bundesliga and Champions League.
“It's a big test for us as a club and as a team.
This is a phase that we are not familiar with, ”said coach Maik Machulla to the newspapers of the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher.
Club boss Boy Meesenburg demanded: “The coach has to hit the table to wake up some players.
The team is challenged in order not to endanger the further course of the season. "
Flensburg are seventh in the table with 5: 3 points after four games.
Hamburg in fifth place have after six games, and thus two games more, 7: 5 points on the account.
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