Before the duel with runner-up Flensburg on Sunday, SC Magdeburg is in impressive form - very different from the opponent.
Another victory could have a trend-setting character for the further course of the handball Bundesliga.
Magdeburg - When handball Bundesliga club SC Magdeburg receives SG Flensburg-Handewitt on Sunday (2 p.m. / Sky), the team of the hour will play against a badly battered opponent.
The people of Flensburg have already collected three minus points in the championship, are still waiting for their first win in the Champions League after four games and have been eliminated from the DHB Cup.
also read
Home game for Robert Habeck: campaign appearance in Flensburg
With a lot of commitment and passion, the federal chairman of the Greens, Robert Habeck, advertised on Monday in Flensburg for the election of his party and himself as a direct candidate for constituency 1 Flensburg-Schleswig.
The Greens wanted to get as strong as possible into the next government, said Habeck.
It is time for a new political era, a government “hungry for responsibility”, a government that wants answers.
Home game for Robert Habeck: campaign appearance in Flensburg
Study: Corona has hit solo self-employed hard
Those who are self-employed have often generated particularly little income as a result of the pandemic.
In addition, social security, especially for the self-employed, is not guaranteed, according to a study by the Hans Böckler Foundation.
Study: Corona has hit solo self-employed hard
Huge excitement at Bayern opponents Barça!
The coach and the president quarrel
Before the game against FC Bayern, FC Barcelona has a lot to do with itself.
There is unrest between coach Ronald Koeman and President Joan Laporta.
Huge excitement at Bayern opponents Barça!
The coach and the president quarrel
Magdeburg, on the other hand, has been in top form for weeks.
The SCM has won all of its ten competitive games to date and has even secured its first title of the season with the IHF Super Globe - the Club World Championship.
So the starting point is clear: unlike in the recent past, Magdeburg will start as a favorite in the top game against the runner-up.
How this SCM differs from the one in the preseason cannot really be named by the protagonists.
“There is nothing different, only the result is different,” says coach Bennet Wiegert.
"I would have liked to have eaten the wisdom with spoons and could now say that we did this and that differently - we just got out of our pockets better." six years continuously.
Captain Christian O'Sullivan also sees the differences mainly in the results: “We decided the tight games for us, we didn't manage to do that last year.
We either won a lot or felt like we lost with a goal. ”The Magdeburg team have become smarter.
Both agree that the audience plays an important role.
"Playing here with or without fans makes a huge difference," says O'Sullivan.
Coach Wiegert is convinced that “we were robbed of one of our greatest strengths last year - this hall, this home advantage.
This hall can of course carry us. "
On Sunday the hall will be sold out for the first time in the season, the corona-related maximum of 5000 spectators will be used up.
Of course, the SCM coach has respect for the ailing Flensburgers, even when the opponent is in crisis.
“Sure, they have problems, but not in a playful way, but with injuries - but wounded animals are the most dangerous.” In any case, Flensburg will not arrive in Magdeburg, raise his hands and say “we surrender”. Captain O'Sullivan is also convinced that "Flensburg is a very, very good team", even if they "lost a few more games this year than we are used to."
The Magdeburg veteran Wiegert expects a close, tough game, in which it may "already be about goals, about two teams that have the same goals".
The 39-year-old cannot elicit what his goals are: “I won't say that because it wouldn't help my team.” But it is also clear that the SCM is looking up after three third places in the championship and wants to go to the Champions League.
A win against Flensburg could underpin that.
dpa
