German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the German national Handball team at the reception in the Chancellery for their appearance at the world Championships in January. The Team of national coach Christian Prokop have resulted in numerous “sports moments for many, many people said in our country,” said Merkel on Monday in Berlin. “Because you are so personable, down-to-earth, to the thing picked up the phone and, above all, with passion. And that is why you can’t be proud of, even though they were likely to be particularly satisfied.“
The German handball players were at the tournament with the preliminary round in Berlin and the main round in Cologne, the Fourth and the Bronze medal game with 25:26 almost made it to France failed. In the last seconds of the game, also her blood pressure had “some deflections,” said Merkel.
the Delegation led by Association President Andreas Michel man, captain Uwe Gensheimer and Coach Prokop, the CDU-politician, received a team photo, a signed football and a book on 100 years of football. In her remarks, Merkel made the THW Kiel already premature for the German masters, although it has currently four points behind the League leaders Flensburg. Kiel was secured at the weekend, but the DHB Cup.
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