The German handball players also won the third game at the World Cup. Two young stars in particular were convincing. The t-online individual review.
Three games, three wins: With a 29:22 win against the Czech Republic, the German national handball team achieved a perfect preliminary round in terms of points and thus takes the maximum possible four points into the main round.
“We made life difficult for ourselves at the beginning,” said national coach Alfred Gislason on ARD about the Czech Republic game, while the hit “Major Tom” by Peter Schilling, known from the European Football Championships, was played in the background: “In the There was almost sarcasm from us at the break because the second half could only get better.” That’s how it happened.
Fresh self-confidence sparked the best tournament performance to date before the showdown at the start of the main round against Olympic champions Denmark on Tuesday (from 8:30 p.m. in the t-online live ticker).
The German team thus continued the trend of the preliminary round. So far, they have always followed up a weak start with a strong reaction in the decisive phases and have thus won even close duels in the meantime. “We’re happy that we were able to win the game and that I was able to do my part. We struggled a bit at the beginning, but then we got going,” analyzed goalkeeper David Späth.
It was Späth himself who played a decisive role in the victory against the Czechs. But it wasn’t just the keeper from Bundesliga club Rhein-Neckar Löwen who was convincing, another young star did the same. You can read who that was in the t-online individual review here or in the photo show above.