the trip through The Republic. After Berlin and Cologne, Germany’s Handball national team these days, definitely in the third big city representations. Next Stop: Hamburg. The semi-finals of the world Cup will take place on Friday. Thanks to a 22:21 (11:11)-victory against Croatia on Monday evening, the Team of national coach Christian Prokop is safe for the round of the last Four qualified. Without if and Laber, such as handball players like to say. Computing games, such as you are usual to this point in a tournament, you don’t need before the last main round-round against Spain on Wednesday.

What a great success for the German handball Federation (DHB), shows a brief look in the books: most Recently, the national team stood twelve years ago, in a world Cup semi-finals, in 2007 in their own country. Since then, it has served at best to the quarter-finals, although the world Cup is taking place in contrast to the football every two years, and not all four. Twelve years in the international football for a long, long time for such a large Federation such as the DHB. Accordingly, there was great rejoicing Arena on Monday to a late hour in the with of 19,250 people in the sold-out Cologne.

Suddenly, the seventh field player

“today was a very tough test,” said national coach Christian Prokop, “to pass such a pressure situation, I am incredibly proud of.” He could be all. The film had provided a couple of Places, threatened to which the Whole tilt: the early, serious injury to Martin Strobel’s, the Director of the attack. A suspected cruciate ligament rupture. Or in the final phase, as within a few minutes from a 18:15 a 18:19. As Procopius brought the seventh field player who had to work until then, so even at this world Cup, and to the success of led. Or, or, or.

With all the cheering, a realization was not, however, deny that the grandiose defenses covering the obvious weaknesses in the Offensive. In a Phase, the Germans remained for almost ten minutes without a goal. 19 goals in the Iceland game and now 21 against the offensively blessed Croats – are the Figures on which the world Cup hosts for its next tasks.

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