It was extremely exciting, but not of a very high standard game. Polish national team tied with Czech Republic 19:19 at the world championships. Football players Marcin Lijewski's handball players had to chase their rivals for most of the match, but in the end they did not use the decisive action to win. After two rounds of the preliminary phase, the Poles have one point and will fight for promotion to the main phase of the tournament on Sunday against Switzerland.
Surprising reaction of the Czech media after the draw with Poland. “With great effort”
The Czech media were not excited about their team's performance at the world championships. The largest portals mainly publish post-match reports from the Czech press agency and on several of them fans they could read the same text.
– The players of Spanish coach Xavier Sabaté were leading for most of the match in Herning, they were leading by three goals 12:9 until the break, but in the end they equalized with great effort – we read on the website of the “Dnes” daily or the Czech public television.
For our southern neighbors, it was the second draw after the one with Switzerland 17:17. – It was a real fight again. In the second match of the World Championships, the Czech handball players showed great defense, but they again lacked strength in attack. And so a second draw was born, this time in the ratio of 19:19 with Poland – writes the portal Sport.cz, which in turn is happy that only a cataclysm can prevent the Czechs from leaving the group.
– If, as expected, the Swiss lose to the Germans this evening, the Czech national team should advance to the main stage even despite Sunday's possible defeat against the favored Germans – admit Czech journalists.
In the last round, the Czech national team will face Germany on Sunday. The match will be played as the second one in Herning that day, so the Czechs will know the result of the Poland – Switzerland match. If the Swiss lose to the Germans on Friday, our southern neighbors will be practically certain of promotion – in the event of a draw, they will not be able to lose to the Olympic runners-up by more than seven goals, and if any other result between the Poles and the Swiss, they will have a pass to the next round as soon as they enter the court. .