Croatia had four points in the mellemrunden at the WORLD cup in handball, and they resembled, therefore, a good bet for a semi-final participant.
But a shock defeat to Brazil, and Monday night’s dramatic defeat to Germany means that the Croatian håndboldherrer now is out of the WORLD cup-titelræset.
And it hurts.
According to the team coach Lino Cervar did it, however, is far from fair, as Croatia lost 21-22 to the German co-host. In the final stage, felt the croats themselves deprived of the Danish referees Mads Hansen and Martin Gjeding.
– Croatia was cheated, and it could the entire world to see. The judges should be thrown in prison. It is not the first time that the danes are cheating us. We can’t allow amateurs to judge such matches and determine our fate, raging Lino Cervar according to the Croatian media Indexhr and points to the croats, according to him, was also deceived by the danes at the european championships in 2008, WORLD championships in 2009 and european championship in 2010.
Lino Cervar, points to the Danish judges as the reason for Croatia’s WORLD cup failure. Photo: Ritzau Scanpix
In 2008, Denmark the european gold medal after a cup of just Croatia, and it is unclear whether Cervar believe that there was cheating in the game here. At the WORLD cup in 2009 on home soil Croatia had Lars Ejby Pedersen and Per Olesen as judges in the final against France. At that time accused the croats danes to have been bribed after finalenederlaget to the French.
The crucial matches at the WORLD cup finals plays a big role in the OLYMPICS-the qualification for the OLYMPICS in 2020, and Cervar believe that the olympic spirit was violated by the Danish dommerindsats.
– These judges will continue to judge important matches, and it has implications for the OLYMPIC seats. The olympic spirit says that we are all alike, great and small. I am sorry on behalf of the young men, who ought to see their efforts be rewarded. I am at the end of my career, I have been in 17 major tournaments and I believe the danes have cheated us by three major tournaments.
– It is a serious problem for the sport, as The Olympic Committee must look at. We beat the germans in front of their hjemmepublikum, and the judges stole our victory. We thought it would be better, but we knew what was going on. We didn’t even have to play, because we knew what would happen. Now cheering the germans over the victory … What should I say to my players?, sounds the fierce scolding from Cervar.
Croatia must now content to play on the secondary locations, where a place in the top seven giving access to OLYMPIC qualification.
Germany was with the victory over Croatia ready for the WORLD cup semifinals.
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