Germany Vs France Handball Highlights Full game Friendly match 2022
Channel: Handball World
Date: 12/01/2022

Germany Vs France Handball Highlights Friendly match 2022
Handball: Germany lose to France in bronze match
Despite a brave performance from goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, Germany's efforts at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship have not been rewarded with a medal. The tournament has nevertheless been considered a success.
Germany's quest for a first world championships medal in twelve years was finally ended by six-times champions France, as Christian Prokop's team narrowly lost 26-25 (13-9) in Herning, Denmark.
Despite Friday's semfinal defeat to Norway in Hamburg, Germany produced a display worthy of a bronze medal. But German hearts were broken in the final seconds when Nikola Karabatic scored the winner for France
Germany got off to a positive start and took a 9-6 lead after 17 minutes – but then followed a nine-minute period in which the co-hosts didn't manage a single goal.
That allowed France to draw level, but then the German offence woke up again and established another four-goal lead to take a comfortable cushion going into half-time – thanks also to a superb display from goalkeeper Andreas Wolff, who saved 54% of the shots thrown at him.
But within seven minutes of the restart, the French had once again drawn level and this time, they didn't let up.
Nevertheless, even without a medal, the German handball federation (DHB) can still count the 2019 championship as a success. A total of 900,000 fans packed the arenas over the course of the tournament while television audiences increased throughout - 11.9 million watched the semifinal defeat to Norway, compared to just 6.1 million who tuned into the opener against South Korea.
Successful dress rehearsal: DHB team defeats France
Germany is ready for the EM. A prestige victory succeeds in the last second against Olympic champion France. On Wednesday it goes to Bratislava, where the DHB selection contests the preliminary round.
Off through the middle: Kai Häfner throwing.
Germany’s handball players lay cheering in each other’s arms after the victorious EM dress rehearsal. With a strong performance in the last European Championship test at 35:34 (14:18) against Olympic champion France on Sunday evening in Wetzlar, national coach Alfred Gislason’s team raised hopes for a successful final in Hungary and Slovakia.
The best German thrower was backcourt player Kai Häfner with eight goals. “Of course the win is good for us. It’s a nice feeling,” said the European champions from 2016. “But we can also classify how it came about. The first half was anything but good.”
On Wednesday, the DHB selection flies to Bratislava, where Belarus, Austria and Poland are the opponents in the preliminary round. “We take with us that we can beat anyone. But also that we can look bad if we don’t perform well, like in the first half,” said captain Johannes Golla.
The German team started courageously, but had little access to the nimble French in defense in the first 30 minutes. The DHB team was behind from the start, scoring three goals for the first time at 6: 9 (14th).
The Gislason protégés were initially unimpressed. With a 3-0 run, they equalized for the first time within six minutes. In this phase, almost 
To make matters worse, playmaker Philipp Weber from Bundesliga leaders SC Magdeburg had to go off the floor after an unfortunate collision with a shoulder injury. “We had a few phases in which we were equal. The biggest difference is in the speed game,” summed up DHB sports director Axel Kromer at halftime.
In order to stabilize the cover, Gislason sent Andreas Wolff into the goal shortly before the break. The 30-year-old from the Polish top club Vive Kielce, who had already shown a strong performance at 30:26 against 
Overall, there was now a jolt through the German team. The defense was more courageous and in the attack, the Melsung backcourt axis Kai Häfner and Julius Kühn (5 goals) turned up. At 22:23 (40th) the connection was made. Five minutes later, the fifth in the European Championship of 2020 took the lead for the first time at 27:26. In the exciting final phase, the German team kept their nerve and celebrated a well-deserved success.
Germany – France 35:34 (14:18)
Germany: Birlehm (DHfK Leipzig), T. Klimpke (HSG Wetzlar), Wolff (KS Vive Kielce) – K. Häfner (MT Melsungen) 8, Kühn (MT Melsungen) 5, Schiller (Frisch Auf Göppingen) 5/1, Steinert (HC Erlangen) 4/2, Heymann (Frisch Auf Göppingen) 3, Kastening (MT Melsungen) 3, Ph. Weber (SC Magdeburg) 3, Witzke (DHfK Leipzig) 2, Golla (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) 1, M¦Bengue ( FC Porto) 1, Ernst (DHfK Leipzig), Köster (VfL Gummersbach), Mertens (SC Magdeburg), Wiencek (THW Kiel), Zerbe (TBV Lemgo Lippe)
France: Desbonnet, Gerard, Pardin – Descat 5/1, Fabregas 5, Mahé 5, Kounkoud 4, Mem 4, Y. Lenne 3, Minne 2, Nahi 2, Richardson 2, Tournat 2, Briet, N. Karabatic, Konan, Lagarde
Referee: Andreas Bethmann (Greece) / Michalis Tzaferopoulos (Greece)
Penalty minutes: 4 / 6