Piotr Jedraschik and sick Michal Dashek did not make it to the “16”. The Poles have a favorable record, but their last victory over Norway came at the memorable 2009 World Cup in Croatia – courtesy of Artur Siodmiak's almost full-court shooting.
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Almost half of the players in the Scandinavian team, coached by Jonas Wiley, come from Kolstad Handball, who are seventh and bottom in Champions League Group A, the same group as Industria Kielce, who narrowly won in Trondheim.
The match started with a successful counterattack by Mikolaj Chaplinski and Kamil Siprzak added the second goal from 7 meters. If we add the strong and accurate shooting of Shimon Sychko, Marcin Liewski's team could not have dreamed of a better start. The rivals equalized relatively quickly and took the lead after Sebastian Bartold's counterattack, when the white-red team played with an empty net. Norwegian star Sander Sagosen didn't have to wait long to show his superior skills, scoring three goals before the end of the quarter.
After several missed opportunities, coach Lijewski could only make one decision. Expiration of time. After the comments, the defense was tighter. However, there were still simple errors in the attack, as a result of which the opponents scored easy goals. Before the break, the advantage of the Scandinavians was five goals, and the result was determined by the reliable Sagosen in this part of the game. The statistics between the posts of Jakub Skriniarz and Torbjörn Bergerud were not optimistic, with 16:40 percent.
After the change of ends, Sicka's goal (the ball was traveling at over 125 km/h) was, by the way, a rare opportunity for joy for the Polish fans in Berlin. from Novogard, Plok, Gostinin and Szczecinek. The superiority of the Scandinavians gradually became alarming (14:24). After three quarters of an hour both teams had eight players on the board. However, there was definitely more scoring spree with the Norwegians' names. The excitement was over long before the match was over. Even if the point was beyond the Poles.
Poland – Norway 21:32 (10:15)
Poland: Mateusz Kornecki, Jakub Skrzyniarz – Damian Przytula 1, Michal Oleinichak 1, Bartlomiej Bis, Szymon Siczko 5, Pawel Paterek 2, Ariel Pietrasik 3, Jakub Powarzynski 1, Kamil Jakuzeibzk szko 1, Przemysław Urbaniak 1, Dawid Dawydzik, Mikołaj Czapliński 2.
Norway: Christian Saveras, Torbjorn Bergerud – Sander Sagosen 6, Sebastian Barthold 4, Henrik Jacobsen 1, Peter Overby 2, Christian Bjorsen 4, Magnus Gullerud 3, Tobias Grondal 1, Goran Johansen 4, Christian O'Sullivan Leemens, Harald Rein Kevin Guliksen , Alexander Blonz, Magnus Rod 5.
jb, PAP