Germany grinds down Denmark and readies for the semi-finals
In the last match of the preliminaries Wolfgang Koch’s team wins thanks to a dead on target Sebastian Klein 31:16 (16:8). The outside left player scores 13 goals watched by handball idol Hans Lindberg. The next opponent has yet to be determined.
A tie would have been sufficient for the German team to reach the semi-finals. But that wasn’t good enough for the DGS-boys of course. As many goals as possible were to be scored to secure first of the group and to avoid facing Croatia in the semi-finals already. That worked well enough in the first minutes. After just a few attacks Germany was 3:0 ahead.
In the beginning the Danes had lots of problems with the referees’ rule interpretation: one unjust penalty after the other. Therefore the Scandinavians had to rely on strong individual performances like the one of Lars Löwig, who scored the first goal for his team from an almost impossible angle.
For the Germans the match ran smoothly which led to a 16:8 lead till half-time.
The previous day the Russians, who were fighting for first of the group against Germany, had won with 13 goals difference. Germany had scored an equal lead in the first 45 minutes after a powerful goal by Sebastian Klein from the back. But that wasn’t the end of the German goal-hunt. In the last 15 minutes of the match they raised the score to a 31:16 result.
Felix Werling who scored five goals told us that he hoped for Serbia as opponent for the semi-final. Whether or not this wish will be fulfilled will be decided in the last preliminary match between Serbia and Croatian.
Goals Germany:
Lauckner 4, Kinnback 2, Petersen 5, Schaknies 2, Werling 5, Klein 13
Goals Denmark:
Trillingsgaard 3, Löwig 8, Jensen 2, Kleczewski 2, Klold 1
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