After the victories over Austria (36:31) and Belarus (29:20), the game will be the start of the second phase of the championship for the players. All because the result of Tuesday’s game will also count in the next round, because both Poles and Germans are already sure of playing in the best “12” tournament.
Poles in the “group of death” in the second round of the championship!
Both teams also got to know their rivals in the next phase of the European Championships. As the favorites in group E and F did not disappoint, the Polish team found themselves in a real death group, where apart from the Germans there will also be Spaniards, Swedes, Russians and Norwegians. All these teams are recognized brands of the world’s handball.
The Spaniards seem to be the most dangerous, despite the fact that they play at the European Championships without Alex Duyshebayev from Łomża Vive Kielce. The team from the Iberian Peninsula regularly wins medals at great events. he is the reigning European champion as well as the bronze medalist of the world championships and the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
From group E in the second round will also appear, which in a direct match lost to Spain 28:32. The Swedes are the bronze medalists of the last World Cup in Egypt, as well as the quarter-finalists of the Tokyo games, where they lost … against Spain 33:34. However, they are not doing great at the European Championships so far, because apart from the defeat with the Spaniards, they only drew 27:27 with the Czech Republic.
In group F the best representation was. Russians have not been shining recently. They took 22nd place at the previous European Championships, 14th at the World Championships, and at the Olympics, just like Poles, they were absent at all. Russia has recently been doing very similarly to the Polish national team, although at the current championship it has already managed to beat Norway 23:22.
He is the last of the Poles’ rivals in the second round of the tournament, although the defeat with Russia may make it difficult for this team to fight for the semi-final of the championship. Nevertheless, the Norwegians are in the forefront of the world. They took third place at the last European championships, sixth at the world championships, and at the Olympics in Tokyo they were placed 5-8, losing to Denmark in the quarter-finals.
First you have to win with Germany. And these are very weak
It cannot be denied that Tuesday’s victory with Germany would make it much easier for Poles to fight in the second round of the championship. And the chance of winning is considerable due to the weakening of Alfred Gislason’s team. After the unsuccessful Olympics in Tokyo, Uwe Gensheimer, Steffen Weinhold and Hendrik Pekeler ended their national career. Patrick Groetzki, Paul Drux, Juri Knorr and Fabian Wiede were not in the team at the European Championships for various reasons.
Not only that, after the Germans arrived in Bratislava, the coronavirus began to decimate. The first to be their “bombardier” Julius Kuehn, later Hendrik Wagner appointed in his place. On Tuesday, Łomża Vive Kielce goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, as well as Kai Haefner, Timo Kastening, Lukas Mertens and Luca Witzke will not play against Poland.
The beginning of the Tuesday game between Poland and Germany at 18:00. Live coverage on Sport.pl.
Source: Sport
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