Holiday atmosphere in the second half of the match in Sparkassen Arena, where even the saves from 7 meters shots of the opponent goalkeeper were applauded. But for 15 minutes it hasn´t been everything so laid-back. Without Nikola in the defence, Kiel encountered difficulties, were down twice (5:6/7., 6:7/8.).
There were enough 10 minutes of maximum speed on the second wave to knee Minden. Lundström, Kavticnik and their colleagues turned 11:11/15. into a 22:12/25. It was so simple as that. At the end of the first half the scoreboard indicated 26:17 and the game was practically over.
In the second half the concentration slacked, the pace was took out of the game on several occasions on the second wave, the roster was rotated in order to approach with fresh forces the match on Sunday. The best Kieler on the field was the goalkeeper Andrea Palicka (50% by saves), who came in for Omeyer after the break and took care that his squad wins by 9, 39:30.
THW Kiel: Omeyer (1.-30., 10 saves), Palicka (31.-60., 13/1 saves); Wessig, Andersson (6), Lundström (5), Kavticnik (2), Anic (1), Lövgren (8/1), Ahlm (6), Weltgen (1/1), Zeitz (1), Jurgeleit (1), Klein (1), Jicha (7/1); Coach: Gislason
GWD Minden: Besirevic (23.-60., 10/3 saves), Medhus (1.-23., 3/1 saves); Hegemann (5), Henriksson (4), Gylfason (4), Buschmann (2), Schroeder (didn´t play), Haaß (7), Simon (1), Just (2), Schäpsmeier (3), Schmidt (2/2); Coach: Ratka