Handball-EM
Germany in Handball heaven
With a sensational performance met the German Handball national team a dream and chooses to champion. The favorite from Spain has no Chance against a strong team effort.
The German handball players are for the second Time after 2004 European champion. The team made it to the superior goalkeeper Andreas Wolff won the final game against Spain in Krakow with 24:17 (10:6). For the Deutscher Handballbund is the unexpected title in Poland, the biggest success since the victory at the home world Cup in the year 2007. Best German scorer was in front of 15,000 spectators Kai Häfner, with eight goals. By the EM title in the German handball team at the same time, a direct entry at the Olympic Games in August in Rio de Janeiro secured.
“That was an incredible performance, especially in defence. This team has written history. Dagur Mongols Sigurdsson has the lion’s share of this title because of the team he always get back to the point, has prepared,” said Vice-President Bob Hanning in the ARD.
Good Start of the DHB-team
The DHB-selection started highly concentrated and showed especially in the defense from the beginning a strong performance. In the Offensive met Kai Häfner, like he wanted to. Already after ten minutes led the Team by national Coach dagur Mongols Sigurdsson with four points (5:1). As in the previous matches, could the DHB Team as goalkeeper Andreas Wolff to leave in the first minutes of outstanding acting. Germany kept the distance to Spain in the next few minutes, constant. Rune Dahmke increased to 7:2 after a short quarter of an hour.
Andreas Wolff shows his best tournament performance and brings the Spanish attacker to despair
In an emotionally guided game fought the Spaniards against the outnumbered playing German again, something ran (7:4). But Steffen faeth in the Offensive and Wolff in the Defensive kept the opponent at distance (8:5). About five minutes had the spectators in the hall to another gate to wait. The game was the goalkeepers dominated. Shortly before the half break, the hit, but again it retained the DHB-selection control of the game (10:6).
Wolff like a wall
The Start of the second half started promising, because Tobias Reichmann met with the same of the first action (11:6). Germany was in a frenzy. Cheered on and supported by a maniacal Wolff in goal pulled Germany with six goals in them (14:8). Just as the Spaniards a bit better again in the game were, showed Häfner be a whole Can. Twice could the 26-Year-old einnetzen (16:9). The Spaniards made the game faster, you ran out of time. The DHB-selection but was not nervous. Again, it was the strong Häfner, for his Team could meet (18:11).
About ten minutes before the end, met Johannes Sellin of the Siebenmetermarkierung. The actual Freiwurfschütze Reichmann had previously been awarded twice. Germany fought on. First, increased Hendrik Pekeler at 20:13, in the Defensive parried Wolff sensational. Two minutes before the end ensured Reichmann for the final decision (24:16). The hall rose up and agreed, “Oh, how is the beautiful” at the European title was the German not to take more. Finally won the DHB-Team in a clear and richly deserved with 24:17.
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