17/08/2007
Germany coach Martin Heuberger rested some of his best players before tomorrow’s game against Egypt and that cost him some headaches. Chile was an outsider, but Germany reached expected result only in the last ten minutes of the game.
There were no doubts about the name of the winner, but Southamerican team resisted well in the first half and surprised Germans with three goals in a row, reducing their lead to 13:8 in 25th minute.
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Chile – Germany 17:30 (9:16) |
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Germany coach Martin Heuberger rested some
of his best players before tomorrow’s game against Egypt and that
cost him some headaches. Chile was an outsider, but Germany reached
expected result only in the last ten minutes of the game.
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There were no doubts about the name of the
winner, but Southamerican team resisted well in the first half and
surprised Germans with three goals in a row, reducing their lead to
13:8 in 25th minute. |
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Highly motivated Chilean players were
finally broken in the last ten minutes, when Germans found their
rhythm and scored nine goals. |
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Chile could not avoid the last place in
Group B, while Germany has deciding match against Egypt for the
first place tomorrow. |
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HUGO DEL CARMEN VALDEBENITO, head coach of
Chile: We are not happy with the last place in the group, but we are
very optimistic about the second round. This result is not bad and
there is a progress in our game. |
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MARTIN HEUBERGER, head coach of Germany: I
think that my players were already with tomorrow’s match against
Egypt in their minds. It will be very tough match and that’s why
this result is OK. I had to rest some of my players because it is
very hot here and they need to stay fresh |
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| Damian Ignacio Iglesias CHI |
Erwin Jan Feuchtmann CHI |
Gunnar Dietrich1 GER |
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| Gunnar Dietrich GER |
Hannes Lindt GER |
Hannes Lindt GER |
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| Pablo Andres Baeza CHI and Tim Kneule GER |
Pablo Andres Nunez CHI |
Sebastian Alejandro Aravena CHI |