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German fumbling led to Russian victory. By Marie Bjerre Right from the beginning the Germans fumbled their way across the famous blue and yellow floor - and technical faults did become their end. The match was played in a tremendous speed, which was noticeable from the many faults of both teams. The players kept losing the ball, they stumbled and could not dribble. Ten minutes passed before the match really began in Farum. Germany's Heike Schmidt kickstarted the German team by a seven meter throw and within one and a half minute Germany had equalized Russia' s +3 score. However, the Germans kept losing ball. Germany's lucky number was nevertheless 13. Melanie Wagner was the only German who was both powerful and elegant on the left wing. However, she could not make up for the many faults of the second half. The Russian team suffered from illness and had to substitute often during the match. Despite the victory the Russian play was slow. Many long shots and only a few fast breaks characterised the match. Josephine Touray's Russian counterpart is called Emiliya Turey. Even though the wing player is only 18 years old she had high spirits and played well. But that did not do it either. 'We made many faults' the Russian coach Evgeny Trefilov explained, 'but we will do better in the next match'. The victory left the Russians less nervous and makes it easy for them to focus on the match against Spain tomorrow. The Germans admitted their many faults: 'Russia benefited from
our faults' the German coach Ekke Hoffmann explains. This was the
exact reason for Russia's victory. |