After ending in the World Cup quarter-finals: Handball goalkeeper Wolff calls for processing

Andreas Wolff let his emotions run free after the bitter World Cup from the German handball players against Portugal. The outstanding goalkeeper of the DHB selection did not want to publicly pillorate his teammates. “I’m frustrated and annoyed, but I don’t blame them. It hurts to leave out. But I will not pull through my team now,” said the 33-year-old after the dramatic 30:31 after extension in the duel with the Southern Europeans.

At the same time, Wolff called for an internal reappraisal of the early failure at the final round in Denmark, Croatia and Norway, through which the first World Cup medal was missed since the gold triumph 18 years ago. “We have to work up a lot. I have my thoughts on why it wasn’t enough. But I will not share them publicly,” said the goalkeeper from the German record champion THW Kiel.

No pride in strong performance

With 21 parades, Wolff was the outstanding man at the handball thriller in Oslo. However, the award as the best player of the game left him cold. “It’s nice to get praise. But primarily I am frustrated that we didn’t get into the semi -finals,” said the 2016 European champion and added: “I will not stand and say I am proud of how well I am played.

All the more, Wolff mourned to the missed semi -finals. “Unfortunately, as with the Olympics, we did not manage to put the knockout in the crucial phase,” said the veteran. He himself would have to nibble a little. “I don’t know how long it has. At the latest then the focus will be on his club again.