The Zebras need six wins in the last six games to defend their national title and to not depend on the indirect results. The first stumbling block in order to achieve their goal is TBV Lemgo, a traditional opponent since the season 1983/1984. They met in Bundesliga, German Cup and even in EHF Cup, a total of 61 matches being played. Die Zebras collected 37 victories, five disputes ended even. More than this, Kiel won the last 11 encounters and today they must prolong this winning run.
The pressure is big, but Nikola and his teammates are used to deal with it, they confirmed it so often. And one of their strong points is the high concentration. "Sometime we will habe a bad surprise. Under Markus Baur TBV is on the right way. I hope my team is wide awake", warned his boys Noka Serdarusic in the newspaper "Kieler Nachrichten". On the other sider, the TBV manager, Volker Zerbe, want to ruin the weekend in Kiel: "We will see what it is possible to us and surely we will do everything to make a surprise in Kiel." Hopefully, there nothing but empty words.
