{"id":702975,"date":"2026-01-17T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/702975\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T22:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:17:10","slug":"serbia-shock-germany-to-remain-in-main-round-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/702975\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia shock Germany to remain in main round race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a clear 17:13 advantage at the break, Germany missed too many chances, while Serbia stood bravely in defence and turned the match around, before the roller-coaster game changed its direction several times in crunch time. The 9,130 spectators in Jyske Bank Boxen were a new attendance record of non-Danish match days at any handball tournament.<\/p>\n<p>GROUP A<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ehfeuro.eurohandball.com\/men\/2026\/matches\/details\/202611010101003\/Serbia-Germany\/\" target=\"_blank\">SERBIA VS GERMANY 30:27 (13:17)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>H2H: 1-2-2<br \/>Top scorers: Uro\u0161 Kojadinovi\u0107 6\/9, Vuka\u0161in Vorkapi\u0107 \u00a06\/7 (both Serbia), Miro Schluroff 6\/7, Ren\u0101rs U\u0161\u010dins 6\/12 (both Germany)<br \/>Goalkeeper saves: Dejan Milosavljev 12\/39 (Serbia), David Sp\u00e4th 7\/27, Andreas Wolff 4\/14 (both Germany)<br \/>POTM presented by Grundfos: Stefan Dodi\u0107 (Serbia)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in a home match atmosphere with thousands of fans among the 9,130 spectators in the stands, Germany could only pull ahead late in the first half, when goalkeeper David Sp\u00e4th improved and Serbia made more mistakes in attack<\/li>\n<li>the Serbs showed a completely different face compared to their defeat against Spain, with more speed, power and energy \u2014 and they were backed by outstanding goalkeeper Dejan Milosavljev and a physically strong defence<\/li>\n<li>after the break, Serbia shifted up again, improved their defence and caused many turnovers, which they converted into counter-attack goals \u2014 and levelled the result at 22:22 for the first time after 5:5<\/li>\n<li>when Andreas Wolff replaced David Sp\u00e4th in the German goal and immediately saved a penalty shot by Vanja Ili\u0107, this could have been a boost for his side, but they missed too many chances and were down 21:23 in minute 50<\/li>\n<li>but the tides turned again when Germany took the lead thanks to a 3:0 run, making their fans in the stands go crazy, before Serbia were ahead again at 26:25 \u2014 and finally secured the win<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Important shift in momentum<\/p>\n<p>14 years ago, Serbia and Germany had their first EHF EURO duel \u2014 and the only one until now \u2014 in a sold-out arena in Belgrade, which it ended in a thrilling and spectacular 22:22 draw. On Saturday, the arena in Herning was again full, this time with a clear majority of German fans.<\/p>\n<p>And history repeated with another thriller. Germany started as favourites, while Serbia were with the backs against the wall \u2014 but taking into account the full match, there was no difference between the sides. Germany had their advantage in the first half and Serbia were dominant after the break, as Germany\u2019s attack was weaker than before.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial point in the last minutes was when Germany coach Alfred Gislason called for a team timeout right when Juri Knorr scored for 26:26. After a video review, the referees made their decision \u2014 no goal, but team timeout in minute 58. His team failed to score and Serbia netted for 27:25 \u2014 with Germany&#8217;s Lukas Zerbe missing a penalty after that.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a clear 17:13 advantage at the break, Germany missed too many chances, while Serbia stood bravely in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-702975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115912759219064861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}