Yes, they did it! Ot better said they did it tonight with help from the big rivals from Flensburg, who beat Hamburg (32:28) and sent the title directly to Kiel within 5 round to go! Congratulations!
- Niko, how was the game on Sunday?
"It was not very good for us, you could notice that. In fact, we performed very bad. I don’t really can explain why. But one thing I’m sure of is that the referees weren’t at the level of the game. But is should be claer that there were not them who made us lose, but they brought clearly their contribution to it."
- Explain us why.
"We started badly into the game. And then Lemgo began to hit us. And instead of calming them down, the referees didn´t punish them, but encourage them to reinforce their attacks. We had to lose Filip Jicha, he got a beautiful elbow blow. He fell down and he didn´t know anymore where he is. Fortunately, the fear was bigger as the pain."
- You didn´t play anymore in the second half. It was again because of your knee?
"Yes, still and always. At the end of the first half I began to feel the pains. So, I prefered to preserve myself because there are numerous the challenges which wait for us. "
- Is the moral of the team touched after this defeat?
"No, it isn’t, even if we all would have adored to finish the season without defeat. Look, we lost a game in 29 rounds, it is no really chatastrophic. And we will look for the title against Wetzlar, in our own hall. We will make a beautiful present to our public. "
THW Kiel - HSG Wetzlar, Wednesday, 22nd April, beginning with 20:15
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