After frustration against Denmark: DHB women ready for World Cup

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Already at the breakfast in the Team Hotel in Barcelona, ​​there was only one topic for Germany's handball women — the World Cup quarterfinal against Spain. In the duel with the host and World Cup second from 2019 this Tuesday (20.30 clock / sports Germany.TV) in Rollers wants to present the DUB selection after the frustrate experience at 16:32 against Denmark again their beautiful face and the dream of the first medal keep alive for 14 years.

Of course, we would like to continue ridden on the success wave. But the head went up relatively quickly, the mood in the team is good, Captain Emily Book reported the day after luckily meaningless first tournament defeat, pointing a fight announcement at the competitors: We all believe in us and that we deliver a good game. We want to play good handball and give gas. Then it can be cool.

National coach Hank Greener is confident that his protégés quickly get the curve again and both physically and psychologically ready for medal fight. The team makes a good impression. I am convinced that the team will head with self-confidence and the challenge will have grown, said 61-year-old Dutch on Monday.

Pure new ones in the heads

At the mood, relaxed in the morning, the afternoon was regeneration and video studies of the opponent. To get the Denmark game out of the heads, we have to put new things into the heads, Greener said. It makes little sense to keep hanging on things that happened. We have only talked about Spain.

Personnel can continue to exploit the national coach, even if the finals has already some properly with six games within ten days. Physically, it looks good. Everyone is fit. We have no worries, Greener said.

In a victory against the undefeated Spaniards, the DUB selection has been back in the semi-final for the first time since 14 years and would play a medal. We are not allowed to think too much about what can come, Book appealed.

Memories of 2007

Easier said than done. As with the past tournaments, the chance offers the hoped-for step into the world's top. This time the DUB women want to take care of it. We are a horny team and want to show that we are right in the quarterfinals, said right outside Amelie Berger.

At a World Cup, both teams hit each other. In 2007, Germany won in the main round with 30:25 — and later bronze. Maybe a good omen. The youngest duel shortly before the World Cup, however, decided the Spaniards just at 23:22 for themselves. Book is nevertheless confident: We should look at the quarter-finals with anticipation. I'm sure we'll show another face again.

At the end of the main round against Denmark, nothing had been fitted in the German game. No aggressiveness in the defense, no puncture force in attack — in the end it was a humiliation. We have to learn from it and pull the right conclusions, Berger was. For Book is clear: We just can not repeat such a bad game.