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Carsten Lichtlein has paved the German handball team at the World Cup in Qatar with a world-class performance in goal the way to the quarterfinals. The team of head coach Dagur Sigurdsson won on Monday in Doha the second round against Egypt with 23:16 (12: 8). While little light shone between the posts, was Uwe Gensheimer best scorer with six goals. "That was really cool, what has held today," Paul Drux praised the TV channel Sky the outstanding goalkeeper who was afterwards elected "Man of the Match". "It was a real Lichtlein game. He has brought a fantastic achievement", DHB-President Bernhard Bauer ennobled the keeper after the game in front of 10,000 spectators.
"Our defense and goalkeeping performance were very, very strong Carsten little light is able to make such things," Sigurdsson praised his keeper, adding: ". We have this coolness shown from the beginning" After the fifth win in six matches, the selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB) is only away success of the medal round. On the way to the World Cup runners-meets on Wednesday (16.30 clock on hosts Qatar. The Asian champions had in the first knockout round off Austria. "We will adjust very well to Qatar," Lichtlein announced that the stoically rows of the balls of the Egyptians parried.
Enormously important game
The German players was the importance of the game against the Fourth Preliminary Round Group C consciously. Five games without defeat in the first round and the group victory was only the overture for the knockout round in which it was not just the bare placement. At stake was also a good starting point for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The first seven are taking part in the World Cup qualifiers, the world champion is right there. In a defeat would have ended the tournament for the World Cup Fifth. Now DHB chief could summarize Bauer satisfied: "We are earned in the quarter-finals."
The German team started highly concentrated in the all-or-nothing game. Against mainly because of their hardness Egyptians feared the DHB team earned after a five-minute scoreless phase with numerous errors on both sides unexpectedly fast a 4: 1 projection (9), each of the agile Patrick Groetzki to 7: 3 ( 15) and 9: 4 (19) screwed up.
And again and again Lichtlein
In particular, the variable and attentive defense was once again the showpiece. Behind it shone like in the previous games team senior Lichtlein which had the world-class rate of 60 per cent holding balls in the first half. Highlights of the 34-year-old world champion of 2007, there were three parried seven meters. With him as support the team of Dagur Sigurdsson claimed to break a 12: 8-lead. "It was an outstanding first half in this cauldron that has passed the team with a cool head," praised association leader Bauer to break.
At the beginning of the second 30 minutes demonstrated the German team against the preliminary round of the Fourth Group C all his self-confidence. Within seven minutes dragged Groetzki and Co. 17: 8 of them (37). At no time did the German players on the aggressiveness of the counterparties were impressed and played undeterred with amazing serenity until deserved win their game, albeit temporarily waned somewhat the concentration after 21:11 (50th). Egypt Ibrahim El Masry saw in the 48th minute after three time penalties red.
The other quarter-finals
France, Poland and Denmark, Germany followed the quarter-finals and thus complete the last eight. Olympic champion France outclassed Argentina with 33:20 (16: 6) and will now face the World Cup Fourth Slovenia. The managed by German coach Michael Biegler Poland sat surprising against the Olympic silver medalist Sweden with 24:20 (10:11) by and get it done now with the bronze medalist Croatia. Unexpectedly clearly defeated the team from Denmark Iceland with 30:25 (16:10). In a rematch of the World Cup finals of 2013, the Danes meet in the quarterfinals defending champions Spain.
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