Tobias Reichmann scored a penalty in the 37th minute to make it 13:13 – the first equalizer since the 1:1. Sweden’s coach Glenn Solberg now brought his superstar Jim Gottfridsson back into play, who had been rested for a while. The Germans had the chance to take the lead several times, but were also too hectic on several occasions. For four minutes there was no goal at all, then the Swedes were ahead again – 15:16 after 44 minutes. “We throw away four balls in the first wave. I was really annoyed”Gislason said after the game when asked about this phase.
Sweden well-rehearsed
Even in the final phase, it remained a real fight on the plate. It was the seventh game in ten or eleven days for the two opponents. In the end, it was the Swedes who acted a little more cautiously with the ball and were also more experienced than the Germans, who, as is well known, had to act in a very improvised line-up due to the major corona problems.
In addition, Andreas Palicka and Tobias Thulin won the goalkeeper duel. Too much came together for the self-sacrificing DHB team to turn the game around. With the score at 18:21 six minutes before the end, Gislason took his last time-out – but that was no longer of any use either. The best German shooter was Julian Köster with four goals, Sweden’s Hampus Wanne scored six times.
Drux: Power was lacking
“We tried to give it our all. In the end, I think we just didn’t have the strength a bit,” An exhausted Paul Drux explained immediately after the final whistle on the sports show microphone. He had the team for the most part though “at eye level” seen with the Vice World Champion. Even Hendrik Wagner, who returned at short notice after his corona infection, had no strength after a few minutes, according to the national coach in the game.
“We played very well defensively. We were tied after three quarters of an hour. Up front we actually played well until the last quarter of an hour, but then we didn’t make good progress against the 6-0 Swedes.”the Icelander continued to analyze.
Status: 01/23/2022, 19:37