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The last game of the handball masters was against Iceland on January 22, the last game in a European Championship at home.
It wasn’t noticed, at least not at first.
The restart, also the first game with Glenn Solberg at the helm, couldn’t have started much better for Sweden – or Hampus Wanne for that matter.
The six on the left he became the top scorer for the national team after the break. He then continued to beat with seven others in the first half at the Partille Arena.
Wanne eventually held on to nine goals in total, which is a career high on the national team for the 26-year-old from Flensburg.
– Great fun to play for the national team again and that we run so much, Wanne told SVT at halftime.
Injuries to Swedish world goalkeepers Mikael Appelgren and Andreas Palicka gave Mikael Aggefors a chance from the start in the Swedish goal.
The Aalborg goalkeeper He had to drop two penalties and another goal beyond him in the introduction of the match. But then the 35-year-old delivered a pair of strong saves that allowed Sweden early in the match to gain a fairly comfortable lead.
Good Swedish play in the game’s introduction meant that Romania’s captain Rares Fortuneanu already took two time-outs in the first 13 minutes. Despite that, Sweden went into halftime with a comfortable 20-12 lead.
But the rest seemed to have done the Romanians good. Suddenly the game was good again for the former great nation and soon more than half of the Swedish lead was gone.
– We burned a lot of free positions, says midfielder Jim Gottfridsson.
Glenn solberg He gave the option of replacing Peter Johannesson in goal, but it didn’t help at first either.
Suddenly Romania were just three goals away, forcing Glenn Solberg to take a break.
But in the end, thanks to the good start, it was a Swedish victory with just three goals clear.
– There are some positives that we take with us and then we can watch the video and analyze what we can do better on Sunday, says Solberg.
After Thursday night’s game in Partille, an away game against Kosovo awaits on Sunday. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the national team will fly to Pristina during the day on a chartered plane.
