BVB handball women edged out after Super Cup thriller | OneFootball

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Head coach Kay Rothenpieler was able to field an almost full-strength lineup for the Super Cup in Munich. Only long-term absentees Pam Korsten and Lena Hausherr, as well as Alicia Langer (pregnant), were missing.

Match Summary

Just under three months after the third play-off final in Blomberg, the NRW duel was replayed in Munich, this time in the Super Cup in front of an impressive crowd of 12,000 fans. BVB head coach Kay Rothenpieler went with his starting lineup of Wachter, Bleckmann, Grijseels, van Maurik, Vollebregt, Olsson (in defense), Antl (in attack), and Ona Vegue.

The match got off to a disappointing start for BVB. In the opening 15 minutes, Dortmund managed just a single goal. Reason enough for coach Kay Rothenpieler to call his first timeout. What he demanded was fairly clear: more speed, more movement, more heart. He immediately brought on Freriks, Nestaker, Quist, and Thomaier. Even so, the team’s patterns still did not click, and there were huge gaps in defense.

It was a good thing goalkeeper Sarah Wachter was in brilliant form. With five saves, she prevented a bigger deficit. And gradually BVB grew into the game. After 24 minutes, BVB took the lead for the first time, with Merel Freriks making it 6:5 for the Black and Yellows, before HSG moved back ahead at 9:7 from BVB’s perspective. At the end of the first half, Dana Bleckmann and Lara Egeling equalized at 9:9 right on the halftime buzzer.

After the break, BVB looked clearly improved. In defense, Dortmund played more aggressively at the nine-meter line. After 45 minutes, the score was 14:14. With seven minutes left, BVB went two goals ahead for the first time in the match after strikes from Guro Nestaker and the impressive Lara Egeling. But it was not enough. After two passing errors, Blomberg drew level again, and with 60 seconds remaining, Nieke Kühne scored for 22:21. But BVB found another equalizer. U20 world champion Lara Egeling kept her nerve and scored to make it 22:22 with three seconds left.

For the first time, the match went straight to a penalty shootout – without the detour of extra time. The decision went against BVB. Dana Bleckmann and Alina Grijseels scored, while Guro Nestaker and Ona Vegué missed. After a real handball thriller, Blomberg won the Super Cup 26:24 on penalties.

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Head coach Kay Rothenpieler: “It came down to our attacking performance. Sarah Wachter did well in goal. But up front we made too many easy mistakes. Anything can happen in a penalty shootout. I can only explain the poor start with nerves. We played without courage, missed open chances, and only played sideways. In the second half, we played more bravely, defended well, and went two goals up. And then we carelessly threw that lead away with two technical errors. We brought Blomberg back into the game. The opposition had the emotional edge over us. We’re not that far along yet, and our patterns still aren’t right.”

Women’s handball team: Wachter, Wiggins; Bleckmann (3), Egeling (5), Freriks (4), Grijseels (1), Menne, Mladenovska, Nestaker (3), Olsson, Quist, Thomaier (5/1), van Maurik (1), Vegué, Vollebregt (2)

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