Germany celebrates first victory
In the first half the German team plays outstanding defence. Even the Turkish star Mustafa Ozbay hardly finds a way to overcome goalie Hendrik Mitschke and his vanguard. The 12:6 half-time lead is foundation for the 24:20 end result.
The initial position before the beginning of the match was clear. The winner is on the path to the semi-finals, the loser might drop out of the tournament. Both teams’ motivation was equally high; still there was not much that actually worked out. Lots of technical mistakes and foul-play in the offensive led to only six goals in the first twelve minutes of the match: four for Germany and two for Turkey.
Shortly afterwards Sebastian Klein almost scored the goal of the tournament. Unfortunately the referees’ decision said otherwise: his Kempa-trick was considered a step-violation. But the Turks didn’t do any better. Apart from Murat Ozbay they couldn’t get through and when even the No. 18 failed a penalty throw in front of Hendrik Mitschke whose performance was outstanding again, the Turks continuously failed to score for more than ten minutes.
The DGS-team used the opportunity to add to their lead. Sebastian Klein scored to 9:3. The 6 goals lead lasted till half-time.
A similar scenario happened in the second half: Turkey kept trying hard with Ozbay. He did score 14 goals altogether but without playing effectively. On the other side Germany played patiently until they found a gap. But Wolfgang Koch’s team also was low on the scale of using chances.
10 minutes before the end of the match the Turks had caught up to a three goal difference. But that was it. Sönke Petersen kept his calm for the penalty throw and steered the German team back to the street of victory. The 24:20 win has pushed the gate to the minimum goal, semi-final, wide open. For the last group match against Denmark a tie would be sufficient for the DGS-team to enter the round of last four.
Goals Turkey:
Ozcelik 2, Kizilkaya 1, Denil 1, Gozel 2, Ozbay 14
Goals Germany:
Lauckner 2, Kinnback 2, Petersen 4, Schaknies 2, Werling 3, Klein 10, Keßler 1
Yours sincerely
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