Monday's match against Poland was the last match for both teams in this championship. The Scandinavian media believe that despite the 28:32 loss, the Faroese have shown that they are starting to count in world handball and that they simply lack a routine and get used to competing in tournaments.
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“The battle was very close and lasted a long time, but in the end the Poles changed gears and won by four goals, thus ending our great historical adventure in Germany,” wrote the Faroese portal in.fo.
“Poland had a good first game of this championship and the unexpected performance of tall and strong players who recovered from two bad games on Monday proved to be a very difficult obstacle. Out of 43 shots, the Poles hit 32 goals. times and we had 42 for 28,” he added.
Faroese TV channel Kringvarp wrote briefly on its website: “Thank you, wonderful guys, for writing the history of our sport so beautifully.”
Also in Norway, with whom the Faroe team had a sensational draw on Saturday, their match against Poland followed, as with a win for Norway and Norway's loss to Slovenia on Monday, the Faroe Islands side had a theoretical chance of promotion and would do so. It's a sensation if the favorite Norwegians disappear.
“The match was remarkably even until the final minutes, when the Poles regained their former glory in classic handball style and defeated the bravely fighting Faroese,” said Norwegian broadcaster NRK.
The youngest player in the championship, 18-year-old Olli Mithun, told the broadcaster: “We had big dreams and it's a shame that our first European Championship was so short-lived, but now we thank our wonderful fans for their great support. Partying with them all night long in Berlin.”
Scandinavian bookmakers gave more chances to the Faroese, for whom they could win more money than the paid amount by a ratio of only 1.5:1, than to the Poles, for whom the odds were three to one.
Interest in the match between the Faroe Islands and Poland in Iceland was so great that fans turned on public broadcaster RUV en masse, forcing it to air the match instead of the scheduled match between the Czech Republic and Greece.
“The Poles ended the great adventure of our younger cousins, who fought like lions in Germany, and their blow against the mighty Norway, when they showed their real claws, has already entered history,” wrote the Icelandic newspaper “Visir”.
Danish “BT” emphasized that the Faroe Islands players were fantastic and this was definitely not their last championship.
IM, PAP