Handball – handball player with 27: 26 victory against Sweden before EM Main Round – Süddeutsche.de

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Wroclaw (dpa) – cheering in the stands, cries of joy on the floor: The in the second half as unleashed aufspielenden German handball team have at the European Championships celebrated in Poland their first win and thus their desired waypoint Main Round tight in mind.

The WM-Seventh turned for a clear residue the game against Sweden and won in Wroclaw a crime against the Scandinavians with 27:26 ( 13:17). Outstanding players in the selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB) were Tobias Reichmann with nine goals and goalkeeper Andreas Wolff with its fine saves. Christian Dissinger saw in the 56th minute due to tackle red.

With a further success on Wednesday (17.30 clock) in the final of Group C against Slovenia could DHB team go with two points in the second tournament phase. . Already a point

“.. Huge compliment That was a hot game to the guys you have great fighting and courage shown” to progress enough, said national coach Dagur Sigurdsson and the outstanding goalkeeper Wolff added: “What is in such games need, are emotions I tried to send signals from behind Joy is now huge “

The German team had big plans:… Fewer errors wanted the player to captain Steffen Weinhold concoct, stand together in defense more closely and use the chances consistently. But from the first minute to the concept went on only partially. The DHB selection a residue ran after, because they did not get to throw mighty Johan Jakobsson of the SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the handle. Only thanks to the strong nerves of Tobias Reichmann from the seven-meter line the team of national coach Dagur Sigurdsson was able to book a 4:. Rebalance 7-residue (8) at 10:10 (18)

But then happened the young German team a mishap. In outnumbered playmaker should Niclas Pieczkowski as “false goalkeeper” with the field, so again, six attackers on the floor. But Pieczkowski and right Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff ran onto the field at the same time. For an actor was too much in the game. The ahndeten the referees with a further two-minute penalty

bitter consequence for German team. In double outnumbered it came with 10:13 (22) left behind and also cashed nor the 10:14 ( 23). The four-goal deficit ran the DHB selection until 13:17 at the break in vain afterwards. In addition, shortly before the siren Reichmann rejected the fifth attempt his first seven-meter.

With the experience of the Spain game, in which the German team had commanded the Iberians in the second half Paroli, started Weinhold and colleagues once more their already famous comeback. With Elan, more dynamic and attack power and have changed their defensive formation and heroics of keeper Wolff they put the Swedes under pressure. . Reichmann marked with his eighth goal the 18:18 (. 36)

As captain Weinhold then with his goal to 21:20 (42.) for the first German leadership in the game made and then 22: 20 (42) rose, blew the fans in the stands. But the game was exciting even after the 24:20 (45th), because the Swedes never gave up and after the 23: 21-caulked opening win against Slovenia to their first tournament defeat. The German team but kept the nerves and came to a deserved victory.