Handball players not yet in shape
Rumbling victory as a warning shot at the World Cup: “Not a bad omen”
Where is the silver form of the German Olympic handball players? The dress rehearsal against Brazil doesn’t give much hope for a winter fairy tale. National coach Gislason dampens expectations.
Captain Johannes Golla peeled the resin from his hands and tried to classify the German handball players’ modest form on his World Cup barometer. “I would say that we are at five. We now have four days to prepare for Poland and then hopefully it will increase from day to day and then on Wednesday we will be at nine,” said the leader of the DHB team made the formula for success sound pretty simple.
Germany is the clear favorite in its preliminary group with Poland, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. But the laborious and lackluster 28:26 rumble victory in the dress rehearsal against Brazil was a warning shot for the entire team.
“Of course that wasn’t satisfactory. We know that Poland will tend to make things more difficult for us,” said playmaker Juri Knorr and promptly added: “It’s best if you ruin the dress rehearsal. That’s a bit of what we had today Done. Not a bad omen perhaps”. Or as Golla put it: “Failed dress rehearsal and still won”.
Uscin’s backspace rocket has not yet ignited
National coach Alfred Gislason’s team is miles away from their silver form from the summer. There is a lack of precision, intensity and coordination. Top performers like backspace rocket Renars Uscins are not yet igniting. In addition, there are phases of catastrophic exploitation of opportunities. And a defense that doesn’t attack consistently enough and leaves the opponent too much space.
It’s no wonder that Gislason’s worry lines are getting bigger before he leaves for Denmark. “The game against Brazil is a wake-up call for us. After training here for a week and everything went very well, I would have thought we would play differently. That’s why it worries me,” admitted the Icelander. With mixed feelings, the 65-year-old got on the bus on Monday that took the DHB team to the Danish World Cup quarters in Silkeborg. “It won’t be as easy as some people think,” said Gislason, dampening expectations.
Uscins: “We don’t doubt ourselves”
Until then, every player wants to switch off again. Knorr spent the free hours before the day of departure with his sister. Uscins wanted to go for a walk and Golla wanted to do a few extra sessions in the weight room. “Everyone will think a little bit again. But we are still relaxed and we don’t doubt ourselves,” said Uscins and described the performance against Brazil as definitely valuable: “It can happen to us at any time in the group phase that we play badly. Now “We know how to deal with it better.”
The expectations of the German handball players have increased after the silver medal at the Olympic Games. Even your own. “The goal is to become world champion,” said the youngest member of the German World Cup squad, Marko Grgic, in a carefree manner. However, the appearances in the test matches did not give any courage for the first winter fairy tale since the 2007 World Cup title. But nobody expected silver in the summer.
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Source: Stern
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