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Andreas Wolff: Another strong gesture of fair play by the German goalkeeper

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Another strong gesture of fair play by the German goalkeeper

Germany loses a high-class battle of nerves against Norway – the highlights in the video

The German handball players concede their first defeat against Norway and thus meet France in the quarter-finals. In the final minutes, the DHB team takes the lead for the first time, but still gives up the game. The highlights in the video.

Already in the preliminary round of the Handball World Championship, the world-class keeper distinguished himself with an impressive move. In the narrow defeat against Norway, Andreas Wolff repeats the act – and impresses again.

Dhe has already proved at this Handball World Championship that Andreas Wolff is not only a great goalkeeper, but also a fair sportsman. In the preliminary round game against Algeria (37:21), the two referees Oliver Kiss and Adam Biro from Hungary wanted to impose a two-minute time penalty on Sami Douchet because they had identified an intentional head hit by the right winger in one action. But Wolff prevented the sanction and indicated to the referees that the ball first hit his upper arm and from there hit his head. Douchet also thanked the two referees for the honest action.

Afterwards, the German goalkeeper was celebrated for the fair play gesture, but some fans on social media questioned whether the 31-year-old was also so forgiving and good-natured in crucial and tightly-scored games. Wolff now gave the answer in the extremely tight game against Norway at the end of the main round on Monday evening.

The Germans lost their first game in the global title fights in Katowice with 26:28 (16:18). But the exceptional German keeper stood out again with a strong gesture.

New rule

Similar to the game against Algeria, it was right winger Kevin Gulliksen who hit Wolff first in the arm and then in the head during the second half. But even before the German goalkeeper executed the throw, he pointed to the questioning referee Matija Gubica (Croatia) that everything was okay and that he hadn’t received a direct hit in the head. Gubica was visibly impressed by the fair play gesture and gave the goalkeeper a thumbs-up.

Andreas Wolff in the decisive scene against Kevin Gulliksen (r.)

What: AP

The rule according to which intentional head hits in handball are punished with a two-minute time penalty has only existed since this season. The World Handball Federation IHF introduced them to protect the health of the players.

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