Germany’s victory over Hungary this Monday in Cologne allows the Blues to know their opponents in the semi-finals.
Germany, the host country, by defeating Hungary (35-28) on Monday in Cologne, kept its destiny in hand at the Euro handball tournament and offered France, victorious over Austria (33-28), the first place in group I. The French Olympic champions will face the Swedish title holders, second in group II, in the semi-finals on Friday. The Danish world champions, first in this group, must still wait to find out the identity of their opponent. But the Nationalmannschaft, now 2nd with 5 points, can still dream of reaching the last four: it just needs to win on Wednesday (8:30 p.m.) against Croatia, already eliminated, to qualify.
His totem Andreas Wolff in the cages, after a catastrophic first period (0 saves from 9 shots taken), found his bite after returning from the locker room (9 saves, 45%). And among his bottle class, left back Julian Köster, 23, scored eight goals, heating up the approximately 20,000 spectators at the Kölnarena dreaming of a new European coronation. Germany’s last continental title dates back to 2016 when the selection, without reference and deprived of its stars (Uwe Gensheimer, Patrick Groetzki and Patrick Wiencek, injured), went all the way, defying the predictions.
