Handball European Championship – Germany in the semifinals of the European Championship – Frankfurter Rundschau

January 27, 2016

If all dams break: The German handball team drop after the semi-finals in a collective joy. Photo: AFP

The German handball team draw at the European Championship after a splendid performance by defeating Denmark the semi-finals. The superior man of the evening’s Steffen Fäth – not only for his six goals

At the end there was no stopping them.. The men in black rocked the dance floor in the venerable Jahrhunderthalle from Wroclaw. A bedlam of emotions, hopping and jumping a screaming and bawling. The German handball team have achieved what had not even credited them before the European Championship in Poland the boldest optimists. You play for a medal standing after 25:23 (12:13) victory against the runaway favorites Denmark in the semifinals of the European Championships.

On Friday the team of Dagur Sigurdsson will meet in Krakow to Norway or Poland (at press time this edition went the final group games yet).

It ran the final minute of a memorable game, completely raptured ripped as goalkeeper Andreas Wolff arms in the air. 59:26 minutes was on the clock under the domed roof. A final parade of the immensely powerful Keepers of HSG Wetzlar sealed “the greatest sensation that I have experienced so far in my career,” national coach Dagur Sigurdsson will tell later. Wolff scored the endorphins in the head. “I said before the European Championship, I want to be European champions. Therefore, this victory was only the logical consequence of our journey. “

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The German handball Nationalmannschft is in the semifinals of the European Championship. Photo: Maciej Kulczynski

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It was an evening of superlatives. “Phenomenal,” “gigantic”, “incredibly cool” – the young German handball team were out of control. Nothing and no one seems able to stop them. They put away the injury-related loss of captain Steffen Weinhold and Christian Dissinger with apparent ease. The two substitutes Kai Häfner and Julius Kühn added a bunch of these sworn, as they had been from the outset here. “The boy had not even unpacked his bag and directs the game here,” said veteran Stefan Kretschmar Handball over Haefner.

The superior man of the evening but was Steffen Fäth. Not only because of its six goals. The playmaker from Wetzlar was linchpin in the German game. That was not he but the Danish superstar Mikkel Hansen was named “Man often he’s” at the end, was a trifle for him. Completely exhausted and satisfied even he could not believe his luck. “I think it takes a while before we really realize here all what we succeeded.”

This young, battered by so much bad luck with injuries German team offered the favorites not only forehead, she held from the first minute with Verve against and the game open. It was a duel at eye level, full of drama and class. This went on the nerves, even on the plate. Not just once, the protagonists nose faced the nose, a few pithy sayings included. There could be no communication problems. The majority of Danes earns his money in the Bundesliga.

The lead changed constantly, sometimes were in the first round, the Danes with two goals in front, sometimes it was the Germans (10: 8, 22 minutes). Ironically, after the first goal of Haefner nachnominierten be first concentration errors crept in. The gambling by Weinhold failure in right backcourt Fabian restart failed, as did Rune Dahmke on strong Danish goalkeeper Niklas Landin. And when Dahmke then even reckless verdaddelte the ball, the team took advantage to showcase Handballer Mikkel Hansen the favor of the moment, turned a 8:10 in five minutes in an 12:10.

Sigurdsson had his team set magnificently on the European runners-up. As a textbook example of the Icelanders were undoubtedly the 60 minutes drive from the previous day, when the Swedes wrest the Danes in the neighborhood duel considerable 28:28. “We have the game exactly analyzed and found that the Swedes with the same tactics were successful, which also we had imagined,” said Sigurdsson. His plan to provide the Danes with tactical changes in their own coverage before changing problem situation, went on. “We have switched repeatedly between a 6-0- 4-2 and an offensive coverage to take the sharp left back from the game,” explained Hendrik Pekeler the match schedule, which should pay off in the end also.

it went after the restart but initially just continue as in mid-term one. The second fifteen minutes for it served as a blueprint. The DHB-selection turned into a 15:13 a 12:13 (34) to within eight minutes herzuschenken this lead again (16:18, 42.). What is the mental stress for the players was, let be seen at this stage the Danes Jesper Nøddesbo who contrived to throw the ball over the empty goal the feat. This was also a sign of fatigue. “From the 53 minutes,” analyzed a frustrated Gudmundur Gudmundson, “my players were always tired.” Only too understandable. While German players took advantage of two rest days for regeneration, the Danes had to complete within 20 hours, two games.

This final of the semi-finals evolved in the closing stages of a real thriller. That was not for the faint hearted. Three minutes before the end it was still 22:23 from a German perspective. Then Wolff made his goal sealed. Julius Kühn, Martin Strobel, Tobias Reichmann and Florian re shooting with four goals in the game series, and thus opened the big party of Wroclaw

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