The young players refuel confidence, the established forces are spared – the German handball players have fulfilled their should be fulfilled in the insignificant last game of the World Cup. Goalkeeper David Späth can hardly be overcome, Marko Grgić shines at the front.
The 21-year-old was the best thrower with eleven goals-more goals in a World Cup game of the German national team only scored Uwe Gensheimer 2015 and 2017 (13 each). Another was chosen as the player of the game: David Späth, who caught his goal on his goal and came on 21 parades.
“If it works, it is going,” said the 21-year-old, who highlighted the defense performance. “It was a game that we dominated from start to finish. Victories always enjoy and give the tailwind.”
National coach Alfred Gislason was able to achieve his two goals: let the young players recharge your batteries such as Andreas Wolff, Julian Köster, Johannes Golla and Renars Uščins for 60 minutes. Optimal conditions for the upcoming quarter -finals on Wednesday in Oslo against Portugal or Brazil.
Personnel worries at DHB – also Stutzke sick
Before the kick -off, there was no good news from the German district. With Lukas Stutzke, another player was flu-heel after Juri Knorr and Rune Dahmke. For the first time, Marian Michalczik (TSV Hannover-Burgdorf) was in the squad, who was able to distinguish himself with two goals and two templates.
As expected, the starting line -up was properly thrown through by Gislason and a relatively young trio in the German back started with Grgić, Luca Witzke and Nils Lichtlein. This immediately started motivated and played a 6-2 lead within five minutes, increased after 14 minutes with a 7-0 run to 11: 4.
Late hardly to be conquered
Späth had a large part in the sovereign leadership, he held eight of the first twelve throws on his goal. The many balls at the front were hardly significant. “Nine technical errors in a half, that’s actually a disaster!” Gislason scolded in a break. But Tunisia hardly acted at the World Cup in front of almost 4,000 spectators and could not take advantage of the sloppy passes of the DHB Youngster (17 ball losses at the end of the game).
In turn, the North Africans had to complain about 13 gymnastics and failed in rows of Späth, a 10: 3 run of the Germans in the second half at the meantime 29:13 (50th) finally made the decision. Gislason no longer switched his stars, not even captain Golla, for whom it would have been the 100th international.
Zerbe on the left wing
Instead, the Icelander rotated in such a way that Lukas Zerbe temporarily played a left -hander on the left wing. “Funny to have a different perspective on the field, but it was also fun,” said the 28-year-old, who was the second best scorer with six goals. Justus Fischer scored five times, Nils Lichtin was the best template with five assists.
“It is also a question of character that we take the game seriously, use it for import and to the scale of forces,” said Luca Witzke with satisfaction. “Everyone was able to gain experience. This is the most important thing to grow in width and that everyone gets their playing time.”