This trembling success tastes great to our handball giants!
26:22 in the main round final against the Czech Republic. As a reward, there is Wiener Schnitzel after the game. DHB chef Nils Wallbrecht ordered 78 pieces into the team hotel. The Czechs and Croatians are also at the schnitzel party.
Before that, the goal appetite of the Germans fell by the wayside. It doesn’t work in the front. Hit rate: only 59 percent. Only Philipp Weber (5 goals) and Tobias Reichmann (4 goals) show normal form. It’s good that substitute goalkeeper Jogi Bitter holds up well (36 percent). But: In this form it will be very difficult in the game for 5th place against Portugal.
National coach Christian Prokop (41), who deployed all players, on ZDF: “That was certainly not bad, but we did not ignite fireworks here.”
The team will fly to Sweden at 11 a.m. on Thursday and train in the evening.
Worries about “Bamm Bamm”
Not against Czech Republic: Patrick Wiencek (30). The defense chief of THW Kiel contracted a knee sprain in October. Now the problems are back. Before leaving for the European Championship, Wiencek had been examined and was given the green light for the tournament after the MRI. “Bamm Bamm” was spared in the insignificant group final. DHB doctor Prof. Dr. Kurt Steuer (63): “We don’t want to risk anything, so we took it out as a precaution.”
Whether Wiencek can play for 5th place in Stockholm on Saturday will be decided at short notice. The league continues immediately after the European Championship, leaders Kiel start at Second Hanover (1.2.).
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