EM-håpet knust for Norge – dansk keepershow og 29-23-seier

Nederlaget gjør at Norge risikerer å havne på 10.-plassen i EM ved tap mot Sverige tirsdag.

Det er i så fall med klar margin den svakeste prestasjonen siden europamesterskapet i 2014.

For første gang fikk keeper Kristian Sæverås sjansen fra start i en skjebnekamp for Norge. Han henviste Torbjørn Bergerud til benken. De norske keeperne opplevde en brutal omgang på vei mot 11-18-stilling ved halvtid.

Niklas Landin, verdens beste målvakt de siste ti-tolv årene, fikk ikke starte. Danskene valgte Emil Nielsen, som spilte strålende og reddet også to straffekast. Nielsen hadde over 50 i redningsprosent før pausepraten.

Straffet

Norge var med til 3-3 før danskene dro fra som bare det. De norske gutta kjørte seg fast i Danmarks forsvarsblokk. Det ga flere kontringsmål til danskene etter at Norge mistet ballen eller bommet på skudd.

– Dette kan bli en lang kveld, sa TV 3s kommentator Daniel Høglund rett før Danmark gikk opp til 9-5-ledelse etter vel 15 minutters spill.

Danmark er regjerende verdensmester, og ingen kunne forvente noe annet enn norsk tap etter hva laget viste tidligere i mesterskapet.

– Vi blir straffet for feilene vi gjør i angrep, sa Harald Reinkind til TV 3 i pausen.

Norge framsto langt piggere og bedre i andreomgangen, men danskene ble aldri satt under mer press enn at de ledet med minimum fire mål.

Støtte

Norge spilte foran et dansk folkehav i hallen i Hamburg. Arrangøren anslo overfor NTB at 9000 av 13.376 tilskuere var dansker.

Norges tap gjør at Danmark er gruppevinner og Sverige toer før siste kampdag tirsdag.

I mars spiller Norge OL-kvalifisering. Mye tyder på at det skjer mot Tyskland (trolig med fordel av hjemmebane), Portugal eller Slovenia og et lag fra Afrika. De to beste får OL-billett.

I den andre hovedrundegruppen i EM er regjerende OL-mester Frankrike tilnærmet klar for semifinale mens flere andre lag kjemper om å slå følge til cupspillet.

EM blir det femte mesterskapet på rad der Norge ikke kommer seg til semifinalen som er både lagets og Norge Håndballforbunds målsetting.

em-håpet knust for norge – dansk keepershow og 29-23-seier

Norges Sander Sagosen stoppes av Danmarks Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (til venstre) og Simon Hald Jensen i håndball-EM. Foto: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB

em-håpet knust for norge – dansk keepershow og 29-23-seier

Norges målvakt Kristian Sæverås plukker en ball ut av nettet i EM-kampen i håndball mot Danmark. Foto: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB

 

em-håpet knust for norge – dansk keepershow og 29-23-seier

Danmarks målvakt Emil Nielsen jubler etter redning i EM-kampen i håndball mot Norge. Foto: Stian Lysberg Solum / NTB

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