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Post by andi on Feb 5, 2007 4:41:09 GMT 10
#oops# sorry about that dreamy... never knew you were interested in handball. I didn't watch the matches as I'm not that interested as in football but still very happy they won! At least the 'winter tale' came true, eh?
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Post by andi on Feb 5, 2007 4:28:26 GMT 10
Party time for world champions Germany Hosts Germany survived the second-half loss of star goalkeeper Henning Fritz to beat Poland 29-24 and win their third-ever world championship title.After allowing just 13 goals in a dominant first half, Fritz injured his foot just four minutes into the second period of play and was taken off of the court by team staff. Trailing 20-14 when Fritz left the court, Poland let up a critical goal to mohawked German Pascal Hens, but then exploded on a 7-1 run to close the gap to 22-21 with replacement keeper Johannes Bitter struggling to stop anything. What's more embarrassing about the Polish run, the Germans lost their lead with a two-man advantage on the court after two Polish were sent off for two minutes with consecutive penalties. Once the Polish charge hit its crescendo, the largely German audience erupted to its feet to try and motivate the hosts back into a match where they had lost their most important player and seemed to have lost all confidence on both ends of the floor. Germany responded with back-to-back strikes from Hens, who twice found the corner of the goal to put the hosts back up by three goals. Gregorz Tkaczyk responded with a goal for Poland, but coach Heiner Brand called Christian Zeitz into the game with less than ten minutes to play and Germany only leading by two goals. Zeitz's entry did the trick, as the 26-year-old Kiel player quickly drew a penalty. Torsten Jansen easily converted the penalty shot - one of a game-leading eight goals on the night for the 30-year-old Hamburg star - then scored again to spark a 5-2 run to close out the match. It was Germany's first world title since Brand's 1978 world championship team and their third-ever gold medal at worlds. The Germans also won in 1938. By winning the silver medal Poland claimed their best result since the 1982 bronze-medal winning side. Earlier on Sunday Denmark thumped European champions France 34-27 to claim this year's bronze in Cologne. www.eurosport.co.uk/handball/world-champs/2007/sport_sto1076433.shtml
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Post by andi on Feb 4, 2007 7:54:00 GMT 10
#cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry# #cry#
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Post by andi on Dec 18, 2006 6:52:48 GMT 10
Thank you Neil for posting this.
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Post by andi on Jan 27, 2007 19:19:29 GMT 10
I'm glad the Haggis Hunting Season is over. I don't think its right to kill such harmless little animals.
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Post by andi on Jul 14, 2006 18:49:27 GMT 10
Very true. This article made me really happy. Germany's reputation is the contribution of many, many people in this country, their success. I still hope it will last that way!
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Post by andi on Jul 14, 2006 2:30:51 GMT 10
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Post by andi on Jul 10, 2006 6:44:46 GMT 10
Italy wins the World Cup 6:4
Congrats Italy.
Sorry, not too happy about that. #grumpy#
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Post by andi on Jul 10, 2006 5:49:49 GMT 10
Very true. I 'watch' the match half-heartedly, hear it in the background to be precise. Not much interest I must admit, would like to see the French as champions though.
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Post by andi on Jul 6, 2006 6:15:49 GMT 10
Not much to say about this, just couldn't believe it... too sad I am.... #cry# not much interest in the other matches so I doubt I will watch the final.
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Post by andi on Jul 3, 2006 20:00:06 GMT 10
Germany : Argentina 4:2 Italy : Ukraine 3:0 England : Portugal 1:3 Brazil : France 0:1
Can't wait for tomorrows semi-final Germany vs. Italy! Keep your fingers crossed!
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Post by andi on Jun 27, 2006 4:18:18 GMT 10
Italy beat Australia 1:0! #cry# Australia played so good and I really thought they'd win as it was still 0:0 after 90 mins! I so hoped that Australia would make it to quarter final!
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