Fifth game, fourth defeat: The Champions League remains a difficult business for the SG Flensburg-Handewitt handball players.
"We start badly and do everything wrong that can be done wrong," said SG coach Maik Machulla at 23:28 (8:14) on Thursday at the Hungarian runner-up, Telekom Veszprem.
With 1: 9 points, the North Germans are still last in Group B.
Flensburg - Sixth place, which is enough to reach the play-off round, is already three points away.
Machulla also took positive things with him from Hungary: "We wanted to leave the game with a good feeling, and the last 20 minutes have contributed to that." The SG ultimately even won the second section with one goal difference.
Icelandic newcomer Teitur Einarsson, who scored his five goals after the break and was Flensburg's best thrower, was also responsible for the good feeling.
"The debut was very positive for me personally despite the defeat," said the 23-year-old, who had only trained with the team once before.
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On Thursday the Hanseatic League celebrated a 31:23 (17:10) home win over HSG Wetzlar.
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