There are many unforgettable stories at the Olympic Games in Paris, but it seems that the real party is in Lille, where handball is writing incredible pages these days...
The quarter-finals brought three dramatic results, and then the first semi-final between Germany and Spain.
After 60 minutes of great struggle, reversals and miraculous defenses by Andreas Wolff, Germany reached the final (25:24) - the first Olympic since Athens 2004.
The goalkeeper who returned to Kiel this summer recorded an unreal 22 saves, and because of those at the end of the match when everything was breaking, the Spaniards will have nightmares for a long time.
"Furija" did not manage to jump the obstacle called the semi-finals of the Olympic Games this time either, since they fought for the finals in Atlanta in 1996, Sydney in 2000 and Tokyo three years ago and were always defeated.
The great expert Alfred Gislason managed to bring the Germans back into the fight for gold medals, as the final at the Olympic Games will be the first from any competition for this selection since 2016 when they won the European Championship.
On the wings of an unforgettable victory over the host France in the quarter-finals, the Germans entered the duel with Spain, they led constantly (in some moments and with a difference of several goals) until ten minutes before the end, and then Aleiš Gomes scored in 23:22 and announced the drama ...
Germany didn't give up even then, but Spain had everything in their hands, especially when five minutes before the end Javier Rodríguez had a goal for plus two, but Wolf made the save of the tournament and left his national team in the game...
After that, Lukas Mertens equalized (24:24), and Juri Knor scored a goal that took Germany to the final...
The hero of the match against France, Reanars Uščins with six goals was the most effective in the winning team, while Knorr and Johannes Gola hit the net four times each. With Spain, Danijel Fernandes was in the best mood with five goals.
Germany has not been an Olympic champion since some ugly times in 1936, and now they will try to realize that dream against the better team from the second semi-final between Slovenia and Denmark (21.30:XNUMX p.m.).
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