On a warm day to play handball outside, AKITA was meeting a well seasoned team in the second division. Ku Chiu Man was one of the contender for promotion last year and is hopeful for this year.
AKITA had a slow start as Ku Chiu Man opened immediately the scoring as their left half was given too much space. Norbert put the team back to parity immediately but soon enough AKITA suffered its usual problem conceding penalties and trailing 1 -3 and the 2-4 after Hans scored his first. 2 goals from Stefan and Norbert's second allowed AKITA to come back to parity at 5-5.
As the team was now well launched, the ball was flowing better and this unsettled Ku Chiu Man's defense allowing PA to put the team in front from the right wing and then restore this one goal advantage with 2 more goals. Hand made it 9 - 7 but a new lapse in concentration and some lost balls profited Ku Chiu Man to come back to 9 - 9 with 4 minutes to go. A well taken time out at that time combined with a 2minutes penalty against Ku Chiu Man resulted in 2 unanswered goals from Michael and Matsuo to reach half time on 11 -9.
As AKITA started the second half with the ball, the team was keen on making it a 3 goal advantage immediately. Mission accomplished by Norbert immediately. Ku Chiu Man answered but a Norbert penalty and Hans's third made the biggest gap of the match 14 - 10 with 22 minutes to go. By then the AKITA team was starting to show signs of tiredness. A Ku Chiu Man's goal and a penalty made it 14 -12 and although Hans gave the AKITA team some air with one more goal but unfortunately its unability to shoot within the frame became expensive for the team as Ku Chiu Man came back to 15 - 15. A time out was desperately needed and helped the team to refocus. Yoann scored his first and Stefan found the net again for a 17 -15 lead.
This was unfortunately a short lived recovery as Ku Chiu Man once again scored three in a row to take the lead back for the first time since the 9th minute. With 3 minutes to go AKITA needed an extra effort, Michael scored an important one for parity. With one and a half minute to go, AKITA needed the ball back to have a chance of a win but Ku Chiu Man was fully motivated and managed to score.
With 40 seconds to go, the AKITA team was instructed to take the time to build its attack without rushing. The Ku Chiu Man team was desperate to slow the play and run the clock conceding 9 meters. With only 5 seconds to play and another 9 meter penalty, Norbert jumped higher than the defense to score and obtain the draw.
Norbert 5, Hans 4, PA 3, Stefan 3, Michael 2, Matsuo 1, Yoann 1
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