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I said that Portugal would beat Germany.

 

 

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  On 1/29/2025 at 7:54 PM, El Analyzer said:

But in general the team deserves appreciation 

carvalho did well and montes did some good saves

the bad time  was the black out minutes between 40 and 52 when the team was struggling to score 

 

good tournament and wish you all the best .. and …. Consistency 😉

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I honestly didn't expect the victory, not even my most optimistic self. But handball here has gained great visibility due to the historic campaign (at least more than it usually has) and I was hoping that we would have at least one great game against the Danes. It had been a long time since the world championships had even been broadcast here.

But the main fear is that the sport will be abandoned again, like what happened after the end of our golden generation of women's handball. I hope not.

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Langaro and Montes' performance was disappointing. Pathetic to be exact.

 

The rest of the team did what they could. In any case, no work starts at the top.

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Considering our best players were completely blocked by Denmark, I think it was a good first half.

 

 12-15  HT

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  On 1/29/2025 at 8:24 AM, El Analyzer said:

This is a very good question, and the simple answer is ..YES ..they always like that and even the old GK legends (Elrouby, Elnakeeb, Ayman Salah..etc) they were below average worldwide (locally they were the greatest) … the main question is …why?

I am an ex-handball GK in Egypt and later played also in England for Reading Lions handball club, so what I am going to say about Egyptian GKs are not speculations but that was our real life and still.

 

• Why I was a GK ..simply because I was left wing number 3 in the team, and by luck during some cooling break I was playing shot out with friend and saved all, then the coach decided to keep me in goal for this training session ..then forever.
• You are not good enough as a player, you are very slow, you are very fat, you are not talented those are the main reasons in why a person becomes handball GK. 
• Since I was 8 till 23 yrs old when I stopped playing  in  for work reasons I (we) never ever had a specialised GK coach!! ..even the special training to improve our skills was usually ruined by players when the coach is focusing how they are not scoring more than focus on our movements and style.
• Handball GKs usually memorised the players, those players I am playing with them in the training or even the opponents I see them 4-5 times every season, I perfectly memorise their movements and shots, but that shouldn’t be your normal style, you should have plans for unknown players, how to block the angles, how to synchronise with the block to get one side and to let them block the other side, when you block the close angle and leave the wide one and vice versa.

When I was in England (which is not a strong or even average team), all GKs went to GK workshop with whom?? Omeyer ..the legend French handball GK .. I was listening to some advices which I never heard about in my life. Where was that when I was young and able to improve, unfortunately nothing.

 

Sorry for talking to much but I am really disappointed and I know    will never win a major title or medal without a good GK ..imagine if Egypt in Olympics or last 3 Wch has Landin or De Vargas or Wolff …at least would  be on the podium couple of times.

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It's a shame, because the rest of the team has a lot of quality. Yesterday, I haven't seen France play such an uncreative game in a long time. The plays were always the same, through the center, but it seemed like the goalkeeper was always caught off guard. With a good goalkeeper, you could have easily won the match.

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France's best player was this Egyptian goalkeeper. Simply awful.

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Are you serious that Egypt tried this kind of play with 4 minutes left in the game? 

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Is the Egyptian goalkeeper always this bad?

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Does anyone know why Egypt qualified if Iceland's GD was higher? 

 

Isn't this the first tiebreaker between three teams?

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  On 1/28/2025 at 12:31 PM, rafalgorka said:

My QF bets

 

What i’d like to happen / what will happen

 

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 or  i want a great, close match with extra time and let the better team win in the last seconds / but i think it will be  

 in a close match /  very easily 

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I have a feeling that Portugal will beat Germany.

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Honestly, not even in my wildest dreams would I have expected a result like this. Historic victories against Norway, Sweden and Spain, and a great game against Portugal. Against Denmark, only a miracle would have been needed for us to win, and I will certainly be rooting for that, but looking ahead to 2028, it is already an excellent result.

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Brazil, the terror of the Nordics. Denmark, I would be careful if I were you  (Please have mercy ).

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Brazil is in the quarterfinals for the first time in the men's competition.

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 14-9  HT

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  On 1/24/2025 at 3:23 PM, El Analyzer said:

I was usually saying the inconsistency is the main problem of

Now  has similar problem .. you have a very good team but I often feel the individuals are better than the team performance, you can see  beat a strong team but on the other hand you may see them lose with score or lose against weaker teams.. very difficult to predict 

 

my guess today would be for:SWE because they were doing well most of the games (except few crucial moments against Spain and Portugal)

 

if your team can keep the score close you will have a good chance near the end to do something 

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Yes, that was evident against Portugal, when we were winning quite comfortably and suddenly we lost control of the match.

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I'm curious if our team can compete against Sweden. I think our chances against Spain are decent, but we'd probably have to beat both teams to make it to the quarterfinals. It probably won't happen, but it's not as impossible as I thought.

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  On 1/15/2025 at 9:20 PM, copravolley said:

A bit of a strange sport, similar to water polo. Referees can arbitrarily influence the outcome of the match through penalties.

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I agree. There was a moment when the Norwegian player literally slipped and one of our players was sent off for 2 minutes. 

 

Well, this team doesn't have any big ambitions in this tournament but had very good performances against Germany in friendlies and now Norway. Let's see what they can do in this tournament.

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Anyway we won.

 

 29-26 

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I would like to know a neutral opinion about it. Is it really Brazil being so aggressive in its defense or are the referees doing everything for Norway to win? 

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 17-17

 

It must have been an exciting match...

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Poor  

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When did women's handball become so predictable? 

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Amazing game. Congratulations Hungary. 

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I don't think we've ever beaten Spain in an official game before. In fact, it was probably the only big european team we had never beaten (I'm not sure about Russia).

 

Very good, girls!