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German handball team sensationally in the final

The EM-wonders of the German handball players continues. With a win against Norway attracts the young team into the final. Nonetheless, you have begun to tremble, because the opponent puts an objection.

Now grab Germany’s new Handball-heroes at EM for Gold. After the 34:33 (27:27, 14:13)-Thriller with extension against Norway is the young Team by national Coach dagur Mongols Sigurdsson in the final of the European championship in Poland and is just one win from first title since the world Cup Triumph of 2007 away. Match winner for the DHB selection was on Friday evening around 7500 spectators in Krakow next to the ten times the goalscorer Tobias Reichmann alternate, Kai Häfner, shortly before the end, the winning goal scored.

“This was a crime. That was madness. Because everything was going. We are at our limit has gone,” said the ecstatic Coach dagur Mongols Sigurdsson in the television station ZDF. “Every goal was a battle that was fought for every Ball.” Also Siegtorschütze Häfner was overjoyed: “I have said before, if the team needs me, I’ll give everything and then see what comes out.” With the finals is already now the direct qualification for the world championship 2017 in France perfect, when the title would also be the Olympic Ticket.

Reichmann accurate

Norway was in the first minutes the better team and led after eight minutes with a 4:3. But the German Team has always found better into the match and managed to after a good quarter of an hour, even a Four-goal lead (9:5). In the Offensive was particularly Tobias Reichmann with a total of ten goals accurately and on the Defensive initially, there was once again goalkeeper Andreas Wolff is almost impossible to beat. However, in the episode let the Offensive of the DHB-team a little and Norway was stronger. In the 26. Minute had Germany opponent leveled the score (12:12), let the opponent but not main. After some carelessly missed chances the match started, the team of dagur Mongols Sigurdsson back and scored just before the half break even the re-leadership (14:13). “We actually had higher”, analyzed the injured German national handball team captain Steffen Weinhold in the half-time break with a look at the many Überzahlsituationen the German television station ZDF. “Three, four light balls we have left. The course we have to kick it.”

Siebenmeter-king Reichmann met a total of ten Times

Norway starts strong

At the beginning of the second period, made the German Team will have some uncertainties, which the Norwegian ice-cold exploit. After 39. Minutes led the host for the first time in this match with two goals (19:17). Germany was not to bring calm and fought back into the game. Julius Kühn made just 20 minutes before the end for the new balance (19:19) and Reichmann posted from the Siebenmeterlinie even the lead – it was at this time already, his ninth hit in the game.

The game remained tight and narrow. No team could take a decisive advantage. Ten minutes before the final whistle, led by Norway with 23:22. Germany did not let up, but the Norwegians kept the Tempo high and the distance is constant (26:25). Also in the last Minute of the game led to Norway just with a point (27:26), but Rune Dahmke resembled the game of sensational and saved Germany in the extension.

Nothing for weak nerves

Matchwinner Häfner (2.v.r.)

Also in the extension remained the game closely. The lead changed hands in the second, but after the first five minutes, the Germans had the better hand. Reichmann made with his tenth hit for the scarce leadership before the page break (31:30). It went back and forth and Germany retained until the end of the nerves in a real Handball Thriller. A few seconds before the end scored Kai Häfner, the crucial and much celebrated hit to enter the final. It’s there the German national handball team selection on Sunday (17:30 CET) on Spain, with 33:29 (18:14) against Croatia won.

Objection by Norway

Shortly after the final whistle Wake of a move by the Norwegian Delegation, however, the joy over the finals. Norway’s Handball Federation presented a Protest against the semi-final victory of the German team. According to this approach, in the last five seconds of the extension, the two German players foul with yellow Torwartleibchen on the floor stood. The European Handball Federation wants to appeal to the Saturday morning bargain and a judgment talk. “We see the negotiation calmly and look forward to the final”, said the German head of delegation, Bob Hanning.

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