Victory against France
Coronation possible: Duvnjak plays with Croatia for World Cup gold
Croatia’s handball player shock title contenders France and are in the World Cup final. Her star could finally achieve his big goal. And that at the last appearance in the national jersey.
In the last big tournament of his career, the former world handball player Domagoj Duvnjak continues to have the chance of his first gold medal with the Croatian national team. The selection of the 36-year-old Bundesliga professional from THW Kiel won her World Cup semi-final against Record Champion France with 31:28 (18:11) and will play for the title on Sunday.
In the heated atmosphere of the Arena von Zagreb, Kroatien-Keeper Dominik Kuzmanovic became the acclaimed match winner with 15 parades. In the final of Oslo, the team of former national coach Dagur Sigurdsson meets either a gold favorite Denmark or on Germany-converter Portugal. Croatia has the chance to become world champion for the second time after 2003. France must continue to wait for the first World Cup title since 2017.
Duvnjak continues career in the Bundesliga
Duvnjak had announced that he ended his career in the national team after this tournament. The back room player is a Croatian record national player and record goal scorer. In the national jersey, he won World Cup silver, EM silver and Olympic bronze. He is still waiting for a gold medal. Duvnjak continues his career in the Bundesliga.
The fact that the Croatian is still at this World Cup borders a little miracle. In the preliminary round, the 36-year-old suffered a calf injury in the canteen victory against Argentina. The tragic end of his national team career threatened. In the main round, the veteran was back in the squad for the first time, but has only come to short stakes since then.
dpa
Source: Stern
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