The old athlete saying that there is on the way to the world title, no easy opponents, seems to be in front of the semi-finals of the Handball world championship for many German Fans. For the game against Norway this Friday evening (20.30 clock/ARD) seems to be a chore task on the way to the final. Even as on last Wednesday evening were the semi-final pairings, commented many encounters with Norway as a clear matter and were not happy that the German national team to score in this round, the Co-hosts Denmark.
But the German Fans are wrong. Germany is the clear favorite in this duel – and for a number of reasons. Since the balance sheet of the Norwegians, first at recent major tournaments. At the world championship 2017 in France, you were Vice-champion of the world. And when the Germans in 2016, won the European championship title in Poland, in the semi-finals extremely close, with 34:33 after extra time against the Norwegians.
The Norwegians play different than the German
Moreover, a glance at the statistics of this world Cup shows that Norway is in many of the categories in the front and thus the best Team of this tournament. No team has thrown many goals as the Norwegians (272), no Team was more accurate (70 percent). The 66 gates of the Norwegians to pace against shocks, the peak value of all the teams. Moreover, their goalkeeper Esper Christensen has the best values (42 percent held balls). And also left Magnus Jöndal the top scorers ‘ list with 46 hits and is Fourth with four goals before Germany’s best thrower, Uwe Gensheimer. Jöndal also has an outstanding accuracy of 90 percent.
another point that speaks against the Germans: the Norwegians have a completely different System than you play. Norway’s national coach Christian Berge is relying on a faster game with lots of Counter and throws from the outside. And a strong defence, such as Germany, the Scandinavians anyway. But also from the rear space, they are enormously dangerous. There, the Superstar of the Norwegians plays Sagosen Sander. The 23-Year-old is the top club Paris Saint-Germain team-mate of Gensheimer and has scored at the world Cup so far, already 42 goals. Sagosen has its Strengths in one-on-One – this makes the pace of the game, the Norwegians are rich enormously variable.
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The Germans will have to show in the semi-finals their best performance at this tournament, to beat the Norwegians. It’s all a walk in the Park to the final.
