European Handball Championship – Handball Championship: Germany’s best shooters from falling – Süddeutsche.de

• The victory against Russia, the German national handball team has bought with a price. Steffen Weinhold and Christian Dissinger fall out injured.
• Before deciding game killed semifinal against Denmark on Wednesday coach Dagur Sigurdsson has to improvise again.

Grim facial features are a rarity in Dagur Sigurdsson. Although the man comes from Iceland and is naturally not kissed by the sun, the national coach of the German handball team still carries a positive attitude in itself. Monday lunch at the team hotel kneads Sigurdsson hands, beside him Bob Hanning, president of the German Handball Federation, which announced a painful message: This Handball European Championship in Poland is finished for captain Steffen Weinhold and for Christian Dissinger. . Sigurdsson kneaded further, in his eyes hanging worry

What on Sunday evening, after the narrow 30:29 against Russia already bitter was in the air and the euphoria dampened, is now a certainty: The German team must be in the commented crucial stage of this tournament without its best shooters. Weinhold falls out with a muscle bundles crack the adductor up to eight weeks, even Dissinger afflicts a violation of the adductors. Sigurdsson says: “This is a bit of a shock This is a huge task now..”

Weinhold and Dissinger were the best German field goal scorers of the tournament, together they came up with 36 hits

. “This raises us back”

In truth, that’s what Sigurdsson just witnessed a pretty big shock. Approximately so, as would fail simultaneously in the national football Bastian Schweinsteiger and Karim Bellarabi. Namely, after already Jérôme Boateng, Philipp Lahm, Mats Hummels and Thomas Müller had violated have to cancel. This is exactly what happened Sigurdsson before this tournament: He is almost broken off all his first team. Paul Drux, Patrick Groetzki, Uwe Gensheimer, Patrick Wienczek not traveled to Poland. “The situation now is can not be compared,” said Sigurdsson, “it is very short now, we can not prepare ourselves for a long time”.

Handball Championship Even the ice block cheers

After a dramatic 30:29 against Russia play Germany’s young handball players to the semi-finals. Against Denmark must coach Sigurdsson but probably waive captain Weinhold.

On Wednesday, the German team is playing against Denmark, it is the final around semifinals at these championships. Even with Weinhold and Dissinger would be a victory against two-time European champions have been difficult to win – now he moves even further into the realm of wishful thinking. Panicked Sigurdsson does not expire now, but he’s not the type. But he knows: The time now is damn hard. “We were in a good rhythm, had a good run,” he says, “that throws us back easily.”

“We already have so many setbacks handle”

Sigurdsson had come to terms with all these violations before the European Championships, he has not complained or even pitied whether the many failures. He took a number of newcomers to the EM team, the German team is the youngest in the tournament. And it’s probably Sigurdsson’s greatest legacy, as it occurs in front of them and deploying them. Times the circle runner trumped big on, sometimes the backcourt and when it falls short, Sigurdsson is simply. The strength to improvise has led significantly to bisheren success. “We have several people throughout the tournament, have been in charge,” says Sigurdsson, “Now others will continue to take responsibility”. Make a bit of courage must be. Serves no useful purpose.

For the injured spinal Julius Kühn, 22, and Kai Häfner, 26, into the team. The two have been denied with the EM preparations, which is an advantage. If you all talk ceases in this team, then it can be assumed that the Germans will play against Denmark in spite of the failures with great morality. The injured Weinhold commented at the team hotel. He was sad, of course. “On the other hand we also have the opportunity to bring fresh players into the squad.” And goalkeeper Carsten Lichtlein who fended off against Russia almost every third ball, says: “We have coped with so many setbacks, we will cope as a team now.” Only the dream of semi-finals, he will now perhaps remain a.