Tragedy before the national team coach: HSG Wetzlar still waiting for first win

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In the Handball Bundesliga there is still one team without a season win: HSG Wetzlar. After eight matchdays, the side from central Hessen sits at the bottom of the table – and the depressing run continues.

The home game against HC Erlangen on Sunday brought no turnaround either. As Sportschau reported, "at times it looked like a heavy thrashing." According to mittelhessen.de, the match turned into a "tragedy before the national team coach" – the first win of the season remains a distant prospect.

What's going wrong this season for the Hessen side and how things look ahead of the next match – we take a closer look.

Tragedy before the national team coach: How the game against Erlangen went

The home game against Erlangen was supposed to be the hoped-for breakout performance – but once again it wasn't enough. According to mittelhessen.de, HSG Wetzlar "delivered" a "tragedy before the national team coach." Neither home advantage nor the prominent crowd helped secure that first season win.

Even before the match, Sportschau had hinted at how one-sided it could become at times: "at times it looked like a heavy thrashing." In the end came the next defeat – for fans, another disappointment in this difficult season.

Zero points after eight matchdays: The crisis in numbers

The loss to Erlangen adds to a depressing record. According to kicker.de, HSG Wetzlar is "the only team in the Handball Bundesliga without a win." Three examples from recent weeks illustrate the trend:

• 26:31 at TVB Stuttgart: This defeat dropped the central Hessen side "at least temporarily to the bottom of the table" (kicker.de).
• Defeat in Flensburg: Away at SG Flensburg-Handewitt, Wetzlar put up a "brave" fight but again went home empty-handed. The "mega streak" of the Flensburg side against Wetzlar continued (handball-world.news).
• Home loss against Erlangen: The aforementioned "tragedy" before the national team coach (mittelhessen.de).

After eight matchdays, HSG is "still waiting for its first win of the season" according to handball-world.news. The outlet also reports that the central Hessen side "want to strengthen the squad."

Giant catastrophe on the sidelines

The sporting crisis was compounded, according to hessenschau.de, by a detail on the sidelines: advertising banners posed a danger during the loss. The outlet literally spoke of a "giant catastrophe, a giant s…" – the word was cut off in the excerpt, presumably meaning giant scandal. When the basic conditions aren't right, every match becomes a wobble.

Outlook: VfL Gummersbach on Sunday

On Sunday the next challenge awaits: at 4:30 pm, HSG Wetzlar hosts VfL Gummersbach. Hopes are high that this time the first win of the season will come – and that, as hessenschau.de puts it, "hopefully on non-slip flooring."

HSG Wetzlar sits at the bottom of the table after eight matchdays without a win. A first season victory would give the team new momentum – whether it comes on Sunday against Gummersbach will be decided on the court.