Leipzig. Weren’t the JCL judokas wide awake at noon? The Bundesliga club from Leipzig wanted to avoid such slip-ups this season so as not to bury their dreams of the final round prematurely. In the first home fight there was a sobering 6:8 defeat against JC Rüsselsheim in front of 400 spectators on Saturday in Brüderstraße, whereby the 2:5 at the break was too heavy a mortgage. Out of consideration for the USC basketball players and the (ultimately canceled) volleyball derby, the JCL had brought its fight forward to 12:30 p.m.
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In particular, the 160-kilo Romanian Daniel Natea seemed far too phlegmatic against a 60-kilo lighter Swede (again) instead of switching to attack mode. The second international guest starter – the Hungarian Bendeguz Hegedus – did not ignite this time either. Since Emil Hennebach, who was in the lead, lost his first fight with an arm lock to the dismay of his colleagues, the JCL found itself on the losing road early on.
SCROLL THROUGH: The pictures of the fight
The JC Leipzig had to play against the judoka from Rüsselsheim and lost 6:8.
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It didn’t help that U21 vice world champion and European Championship candidate Lennart Slamberger also contributed two points, as did captain Hannes Conrad. “6: 8 is not our desired result,” said Slamberger. “My opponent had their first division debut. I don’t want to overestimate the fast point. It’s bitter that Natea almost refused to work in the heavyweight division.”
He praised Lenny Burk and Richard Fiedler, who were not yet so experienced in league one, and who, like Florian Pachel, put up a lot of resistance. Fiedler fully challenged the Olympic silver medalist Eduard Trippel. Hannes Conrad said: “We had calculated a lot and were well cast. Sometimes we lacked the last determination, then the team gets into a negative run. With 2:2 points we don’t have to write ourselves off yet.” Emil Hennebach added: “The atmosphere in the hall was great, but we weren’t aggressive enough and have to take a good look at ourselves instead of quarreling with the judges. I wasn’t fresh enough in my head either.”
The JCL power women started the second division season successfully. There were 5-2 victories against Spremberg and Hamburg-Bergedorf, although there were only nine of Leipzig because of Corona and they were often used in a weight class higher. The first home fights will follow on May 7th.
