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The German handball team suffered the next setback after their defeat to Hungary. The DHB team lost to Spain and has little chance of reaching the quarterfinals.
Goodbye instead of leaving: Germany’s handball players are threatened with an untimely trip home at the World Cup. Due to the crash of the second tournament at 28:32 (13:16) against European champion Spain at the start of the main round on Thursday in Cairo, national coach Alfred Gislason’s team has little chance of reaching the quarterfinals. final. and not progress in your own hands. With 2: 4 points, the DHB team, for which Timo Kastening was the best pitcher with seven goals, only ranked fourth in Group I.
DHB team relies on rifle help
In the fight for a ticket to the round of 16, the fifth European Championship of the previous year has to win its last duels against Brazil on Saturday and Poland on Monday and at the same time by errors of the still undefeated upper duo Hungary (6: 0 ) and Spain (5: 1) wait.
Following the bitter 28:29 against Hungary at the end of the preliminary round, Gislason demanded a significant increase in his protégés, especially on defense. “We have to do a much better defense, then we will get better performance from the goalkeepers,” said the 61-year-old Icelander shortly before kick-off.
That worked quite well in the initial phase. Andreas Wolff, who barely managed a ball against the Hungarians, rejected the first two pitches. But it quickly became clear that the German inner bloc was once again unsafe. World Cup newcomer Sebastian Firnhaber walked on the brink of disqualification after two fast-time penalties and had to go to the bench.
The experienced Spaniards came again and again freely and took the lead with three goals in 9: 6 (15th) for the first time, also because the DHB team missed too many opportunities in attack. The lack of efficiency in the first half was the great deficiency of the German players, who repeatedly failed in the goal of the European champions by the outstanding Rodrigo Corrales.
DHB team comes out of the cockpit strong
Wolff did not come close to this achievement, but he was often left alone by his figureheads. A loud outburst of anger from the 29-year-old, who had to leave his place for Johannes Bitter in frustration shortly before the break, did not help.
With the restart, the DHB selection started with much more conviction, both in attack and defense. After 38 minutes, Gislason’s team again took the lead for the first time at 20:19. This was prolonged for the moment thanks to a more variable attack game, to which the young Juri Knorr also contributed, and to a better use of chances.
Also, Oldie Bitter was in a very good mood in the German box. The 38-year-old not only thwarted several great opportunities, including a seven-meter, but also repeatedly motivated his people up front. The reward was a three-goal cushion (25: 22/43.). But then the German team went through a one-minute period of weakness, which was mercilessly punished by the Spanish with a 6-0 run. The DHB team did not rebound from this setback.
