18th minute – It goes back and forth, the pace is worthy of a European Championship. However, Germany repeatedly plays poorly in attack, either due to errors in play or step errors. Croatia takes advantage of this and gains a two-goal lead (11:9).
15th minute – The next technical error by the DHB selection is also punished. A Knorr pass doesn’t find the teammate, the Croatians win the ball and take back the lead. But Zerbe promptly responded with 8:8.
13th minute – David Späth in the German box is starting the game well and has already made four saves. Juri Knorr had previously scored his first goal.
11th minute – Semper makes a passing error, Croatia is wide awake and ex-Bundesliga professional Ivan Martinovic uses the error to equalize – 6:6.
10th minute – After a foul on Golla, Germany gets the first seven-meter penalty of the game. Grgic converts safely.
8th minute – Now someone else can take a turn. Gummersbach’s Köster scores to make it 4:2 and then 5:3 and takes the first two-goal lead of the game.
6th minute – Golla is the man of the first minutes in the DHB selection. The captain scores the first three goals for the German team and gives the guests their first lead.
3rd minute – The Croatians score the first goal of the game, followed by a prompt equalizer from Golla.
1st minute – And off we go in the well-filled hall in the capital of Croatia. Späth, Golla, Köster, Uscins, Zerbe, Grgic and Mertens start for the DHB team.
Before the start – The players walk into the Zagreb hall. The national anthems will be played before the throw-off takes place.
Before the start – Germany lost the last four duels with the Croatians, trained by former national coach Dagur Sigurdsson. For the DHB players, these are the last chances to recommend themselves for a squad place for the European Championship opener against Austria. Gislason is preparing for the European Championships with 18 players, only 16 make it into the matchday squad.
Before the start – The German national handball team wants to show in the test match against Croatia that they are ready for the European Championships, which will take place on January 15th begins. Croatia was deliberately chosen as a yardstick to check the current level of performance and determine the final details in the preparation
Before we begin – Hello and welcome to the live ticker of the international handball match between Croatia and Germany. Throw-off in the Arena Zagreb is over 8:30 p.m. Follow all developments live here.