“That hurts like hell”
SC Magdeburg loses thriller with the final siren
February 18, 2024, 6:40 p.m
What a thriller: SC Magdeburg is heading for its next victory in the handball Bundesliga for a long time, then the league leaders collapse completely in Hanover. With the final siren they receive the final blow in the neck.
Bennet Wiegert will appear like a new person for his SC Magdeburg’s next game in the handball Bundesliga: the master coach’s face is still adorned with a huge, magnificent beard. Wiegert, who shaped the SCM into one of the best club teams in the world, has let the hair on his face grow since his team’s last defeat. Until the next bankruptcy, the successful coach had announced.
And because his team hasn’t lost a game since September 2023, the beard grew. And grew. Now he’s coming off: Because the league leaders lost a dramatic Bundesliga game 27:28 (18:14). It was the first defeat after 30 unbeaten games in a row. It looked forever like another clear victory for the club world champions. But in the middle of the second half, SC Magdeburg almost collapsed completely.
“That hurts like hell. We wanted the series to continue for a long time,” said left winger Matthias Musche on the Dyn microphone and immediately provided the explanation for the defeat: “We lead 22:16 and actually have everything under control, so we’ll do it but hardly any more goals and won’t win any more duels.” This was not to be expected: In the three Bundesliga games after the European Championship, Wiegert’s team had impressively dismantled the highly traded Rhein-Neckar Löwen (34:24), record champions THW Kiel (33:26) and fourth-placed MT Melsungen (39:24). .
With 36:6 points, coach Bennet Wiegert’s team is now two points behind their big title rivals Füchse Berlin. The capital club (38:4) had a 30:26 mandatory win against TBV Lemgo Lippe on Saturday and took over the top position.
In front of 9,900 spectators, Magdeburg was constantly chasing a deficit in the first ten minutes, but then took command and built up a four-goal cushion by the break. In the middle of the second half, the guests, for whom Tim Hornke was the best scorer with eight goals, remained without a goal for almost eight minutes. Hannover came close again, equalized just under seven minutes before the end and won with the last throw via Kempa trick by Kulesh.