MT Melsungen: Fantastic season despite injuries and chaos!

MT Melsungen: Fantastic season despite injuries and chaos!

The MT Melsungen looks back on a remarkable season 2024/25, which was not only successful, but was also peppered with some challenges. A report by seknews.de shows that the team has accelerated not only in the league, but also at European level.

With the change of play in the North Hesse Arena due to trade fair activities in the Rothenbach-Halle, the team made a clever move. So they were able to win two games in a row. An excitement, however, was the floor sticker that did not stop at the top game against Berlin-the game was still successfully contested. However, the course of the season was characterized by a certain chaos. The trip to the European League game against Vojvodina got into trouble, but here too the Melsungers were able to secure victory. In addition, you can look forward to two derby victories against Middle Hesse, which caused even more explosiveness this season.

strength room and surprises

The inclined handball fan knows: Traveling in the European League can be quite powerful. This season, the MT Melsungen often remained under time pressure and often had to act between HBL and European Cup games in less than 48 hours. A bright spot was the participation in Final4 in Cologne and Hamburg, which only made MT and Kiel throughout the Bundesliga.

Another topic that gave to talk in the season are the numerous injuries. Amine Darmoul suffered a cruciate ligament tear, and Vardar player Milan Lazarevski was on hand to help him quickly. At MT it was even seven professionals over the season, who were temporarily in the hospital. Despite these setbacks, the physiotherapists took care of the players and the flexibility in the team was great, so that even the indoor spokesman had to step in at short notice.

strong fan support and remarkable services

in the home venue, which is called a "witch boiler" by the fans, the MT achieved a record visit of 5,100 spectators. The support of the fans was overwhelming and contributed to the fact that MT stayed in front of a home in the HBL and only played twice in a draw in the European League. Nevertheless, the audience rates in the European League were in need of improvement. Particularly noteworthy is the performance of Nebojsa Simic, who saw 239 parades until his injury. In addition, Ian Barrufet has become a top scorer of the European League as a loan player from FC Barcelona - a remarkable award!

In a recent game against the THW Kiel, as can be read on mt-melsungen.de , the personnel situation proved to be problematic, since only 11 field players were available for the list. Despite the strong performance of Nikolaj Enderleit, who scored five goals, the Melsung team had to accept a bitter defeat with 24:35. The mood with coach Roberto Garrondo and the sports director Michael Allendorf was steamed, not least because of the injury to Aaron Mensing, who further weakened the team.

As a remarkable trend in handball, the increasingly important role of monitoring systems is evident, which not only optimize training and stress control, but should also support coaches and athletes. According to an article by bisp-surf.de , an individual load control using modern monitoring methods could be an advantage for the Melsung players in order to prevent injuries in the future. The realization that the requirements vary depending on the game position should be taken into account.

Overall, it should be noted that the 2024/25 season was an exciting and educational time for the MT Melsungen. With many ups and downs, the team not only achieved its sporting goals, but also gained valuable experiences that can take it into the next season.