First game of the season for the Altenerdingen men's handball team.
Altenerding - The difficult mission to stay up in the regional league starts for the handball men of SpVgg Altenerding this Saturday at 6 p.m. with the away game at TSV Simbach.
The duel with one of the top favorites is the start of a true away series for the Biber men: Because the Semptsporthalle is currently being refurbished, the first home appearance will not be available until mid-November - the SpVgg officials negotiated this with the association.
The people of Altenerdingen around their trainer Peter Mesiarik and their new assistant trainer Martin Varga go on an adventure with a very young group. "I only have a few experienced workers like Matei Serban or Thomas Peteranderl available," says the trainer. Many of the young players have already played one or the other national league game, and this class is not new territory for most of them. Jannik Fleps, a youngster, is more and more intrusive in the goal. His coach is enthusiastic: “He improved a lot in preparation and surprised me with it. Together with Marc Sennefelder we have a great goalkeeper duo. "
On the right wing, Joseph Wyhnalek and Maxi Arnold have to ensure the pace as well as Tobias Schlecht and Franco Callovini on the opposite side. Throwing power is lacking in the back area, but with their speed and unpredictability, Simon Rüdiger, Thomas Peteranderl, Moritz Sturm, Anto Brikic, Christian Loris or Severin Lößl are supposed to cause danger. The massive Matei Serban is currently the first choice in the district.
However, the Altenerdinger were not protected from bad news during the preparation.
The huge talent Niklas Fleps seriously injured his meniscus and cruciate ligament.
At the moment it is not yet clear whether he needs an operation, says Mesiarik: “In any case, Niklas will unfortunately be out for a long time.
That is already a weakening. ”With Quirin Huber, another important player is currently not part of the team either, he will not return to Altenerding until the end of the year.
In the game against a standing defense of the opponent, his men will certainly have a very difficult time, the coach speculates: “But we have a lot of fast players and we want to be successful over the first or second wave.
The outside world has to be involved again and again. ”Intensive running and exhausting yourself is the motto at Altenerding.
They proved that they can do it, among other things, in the first half of the preparatory game against the district top division club HSG Freising-Neufahrn, when the Biber men clearly led at the break.
In the second section, however, the number of errors skyrocketed.
That shouldn't happen in the point round, demands Mesiarik: "Only if we minimize this, we have a chance of staying in the league." we have nothing to lose against the favorites. "
The squad:
Marc Sennefelder, Jannik Fleps (Tor), Maxi Arnold, Anto Brikic, Niklas Fleps, Bernhard Glas, Quirin Huber, Christian Loris, Severin Lößl, Thomas Peteranderl, Lukas Rösner, Simon Rüdiger, Tobias Schlecht, Matei Serban, Moritz Sturm, Joseph Wyhnalek , Franco Callovini, Luis Leitner.
BERND HEINZINGER
