After defeating Austria 36:31 at the inauguration of the European Championship, Polish handball players have already called Poland a positive surprise for the championship, and after the match against Belarus, the Polish handball players heard praise from their rivals.
“Poles showed how to play”
– The Polish team was better and deserved to win. The Poles played aggressively in defense, which caused us problems in the attack. We tried to play without a goalkeeper, we tried various options, but to no avail – said a worried coach Yury Shevtsov, for whom the ongoing championship may be the last as the coach of our eastern neighbors. In Belarus, calls are already being made for the trainer’s dismissal.
– We are very disappointed, but we have to look up for the last meeting. The Poles showed us how to play. I hope that we will be able to finish the tournament with a victory – added the Belarusian star, winger Mikita Vajłupov.
The Belarusians also admitted after the match that Uładisław Kulesz, the quarterback, who had received a positive test for the presence of coronavirus before the meeting with Poland, was a significant weakness. In addition to him, he could not play, among others goalkeeper Iwan Mackiewicz.
In their final match of the European Championship, Belarus will face Austria on Tuesday. Both teams have no chance of advancing to the top “12” of the tournament.
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Meanwhile, the Polish national team will start struggling for promotion to the semi-finals of the European championship on Tuesday. The Poles will play for the victory in group D. The result of this match will be important as it will be included in the second phase of the tournament, in which the Poles will play against the best teams from groups E (Spain and probably Sweden) and F (probably Russia and Norway).
While the Poles lost a few players due to COVID-19 before the tournament (Adam Morawski, Piotr Chrapkowski and Jan Czuwara fell out), the Germans are already struggling with this problem during the championship. And according to the German media, Hendrik Wagner, appointed in place of Kuehn, also received a positive test for COVID-19.
Tuesday’s match between Poland and Germany will start at 18:00. Live coverage on Sport.pl.
Source: Sport
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