Denmark’s champion wins Egypt in a match to attract Portugal’s attention – handball

Denmark beat Egypt 32-27 this morning, in the second round of the second group of the men’s handball championship in Tokyo 2020, after the Africans beat the rising Portuguese team in the opening round (37-31).

Egypt, which was winning 15-14 in the first half, always posed serious difficulties in front of the Olympic champion and two-time world champion Denmark, who managed to take off only in the last four minutes of the match with an advantage of more than two goals. .

Throughout the first half, Denmark was always behind Egypt on the scoreboard at Yoyogi National Stadium and only after the first half (15-14), with two consecutive goals, was it able to advance 16-15.

The Danish team, after consecutive draws 16-16 and 17-17, opened with a two-goal lead at 19-17 and only in the middle of the second half did they manage, for the first time in the match, to reach three. – Target bullets, at 23-20.

Egypt, who beat Portugal 37-31 in the first round, made up the difference again in two goals until 28-26, when Denmark remained ahead by five points at the end of the match, about four minutes before play. The meeting (32-27).

Denmark recorded its second victory in the competition, after beating hosts Japan on the opening day, with a score of 47-30, and remained at the top of Group B with four points. Egypt is in second place with two points, but with another match.

And the second round continues today, as Portugal faces Bahrain, at 11:30 am (Lisbon time), in a match between two teams that appeared for the first time in the Olympic Games, and Japan against Sweden, at 13:30.