Stuttgart (dpa/lsw) - World Cup candidate Silvio Heinevetter attaches great importance to the match between TVB Stuttgart on Thursday (7:05 p.m.) and HSV Hamburg with long-time handball colleague Johannes Bitter. The next two games are "very trend-setting," said the 38-year-old national goalkeeper of the German Press Agency. "It's an important game, it's the last game at home this year. It's always important how you say goodbye to the year." Before the World Cup break, the table-14 occurs. also on December 27th at HC Erlangen.
Heinevetter is ailing before the duel with the Hanseatic League, but according to the club, it is likely that he will be able to play on Thursday. For TVB, the game will also be a reunion with goalkeeper Bitter, who played for Stuttgart from 2016 to 2021. "Jogi is a top goalkeeper who can dominate many opponents," said Heinevetter.
