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By: Jannek Ringen
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The DHB team beat Iceland at the European Handball Championship with 26:24.
You can find the reactions to the handball crime thriller and the outstanding Wolff here.
Cologne – On Thursday evening, the German national handball team ended the first matchday in the main round of the European Handball Championship against Iceland.
In the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, an open exchange of blows and a real handball thriller developed, which the DHB team ultimately won 26:24.
Handball thriller a special game for national coach Gíslason – Wolff towers above everyone
It was a special game for national coach Alfred Gíslason because he was facing his native Iceland.
The 64-year-old was once the Icelandic national coach himself and has been coaching the German national handball team since 2020.
The family of the native Icelander was also in the hall at this special game.
In a true handball thriller, which the spectators saw in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany beat the Icelanders 26:24 and still keeps their chances of reaching the semi-finals at the home European Championships high.
The outstanding player was once again goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, who was also voted player of the game after the game.
Especially in crunch time, the German goalkeeper was the decisive man and was able to contribute to the success with numerous saves.
Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff excels in the game against Iceland.
© IMAGO / wolf-sportfoto
“The players’ faces were so cool!
Man, how embarrassing, hey.”
“My goodness, the boys are nervous.
Just Wolff in world-class form won’t be enough.”
“After German handball games, I’m always afraid that I’ll try to imitate the Wolff parades in my dreams and wake up with torn ligaments and hip damage.”
"Great.
Andi Wolff not getting a clean sheet again.”
"My nerves."
“The world-class goalkeeper Andreas Wolff covers up some weaknesses in the national handball team.
Without his saves we would clearly be behind today.”
“I’m just too old for this shit.”
“You can't get more WOLFF.
What a megastar.”
“These are dimensions like Oli Kahn at the 2002 World Cup.
Wolff is amazing.”
“Great embarrassment”: anthem disaster before the German handball European Championship game
As is usual with international matches, the two national anthems were played in advance in Cologne's Lanxess Arena.
After the anthem of the host Germany was played first, the Icelandic national anthem was to follow.
However, after the first notes, confusion and the first whistles quickly followed.
The correct anthem was not played.
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A hymn was played in the hall, which was similar to the Icelandic version, but sounded very choppy.
It was the wrong version that played due to a technical error.
The real anthem was supposed to follow shortly afterwards, but fans online responded to this faux pas with a lot of malice.
(jari)