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Where is the defensive giant Simon Hald? That question suddenly spread from mouth to ear in the press areas in Herning during Friday's European Championship semi-final against Iceland. With his 203 centimeters, handball...
Germany plays against host Denmark for the title at the Handball-EM. The big favorite fights against Iceland - but has to suffer for a long time.
Denmark follows Germany into the Fianle of the Handball-EM. In the Nordic duel the world champion beat the team of Iceland as expected with 31:27.
From the very beginning, favourite Denmark had a lot of trouble against Iceland. In a powerful, fast-paced and overall worth seeing game, Denmark got into a 3:6-residue. Only at the 9:8 (19th) the Olympic winner went into the lead for the first time. However, it remained far into the second half exciting, before the Danes made a 23:20 out of an 18:19 (47th) and the lead no longer passed. Best thrower of the host was world handballer Mathias Gids…
In the maybe best and most gripping handball-EM game, Denmark has held the upper hand in the semi-final against Iceland at 31:28. Against the host, the island state kept up surprisingly long, only in the final phase could the house-high favorite settle on some goals and profited from some lucky referee decisions.
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