2010 World Handball Championship: USA vs. Denmark (27-23)

It’s a damn good thing that kid is in the net right now, because if we didn't have him, we'd be absolutely falling apart out there!

HT 14-11—man, that last goal was a total gut punch.

Damn this rejection 🤮

What a ridiculous goal. 🤦

I don't get why we aren't ahead; if we were, I'd be tearing those judges a new one right now.

Mirko 🙏

14-11, could’ve been higher honestly, but 👋

now I'm actually bummed I didn't just stay at the pub to watch this. :S

Holy crap... Out of 10 shots, they actually managed to deflect 9 of them right back in favor of the Americans 😢

Defending Mirko once again🙏
14:11
I guess we’re playing pretty damn well right now, so I really hope we don't hit some kind of sudden slump or anything like that😁

They seriously shouldn't have let those two goals in. Dammit, they're just giving the other team a fighting chance here.

Not bad at all🙏

The defense was rock solid (Mirko🙏), and the offense held its own too. Sure, the wingers haven't really stepped up yet, but man, those outside players were absolutely phenomenal...

Just gotta keep this momentum going...

That was way too 😁😁😁—they're playing out of their minds, just gotta keep this energy up 🎉 honestly, they deserved way more than a three-goal lead

A total dream of a half😍
Seriously, if he hadn't completely lost his head, even a mediocre performance would have been better than this mess.🙂

Mirko is absolutely crushing it, and honestly, that’s the whole secret sauce right there.😁

Honestly, without even a hint of competition, that was easily our national team's best half of the tournament so far... 🙏🙏🙏

frozentiger6 said:Good luck swallowing all that when the inevitable black hole finally hits us all.😁

😍

Jesus, Mirko is sitting at 50% 🙏 🙏 🙏

The officiating was such a complete robbery, it’s like they were playing with an eight-man roster instead of a full squad!

Not bad, +3 🙏

If we just squeeze them hard right from the jump, victory is basically ours 🙂

She looks like a lamb headed straight for the slaughterhouse😁

Honestly, if the refs just stopped being so inconsistent with their calls, things would be looking way better for us..

I mean, let's be real—if we can actually play with this much intensity for the full 60 minutes, the officiating won't even matter much in the end 🙂

boldhound8 said:A total dream halftime😍
If they hadn't lost momentum, even ten points up would have felt underwhelming.🙂

Mike is dominating, and that's why they're winning.😁

Unbelievable. And he isn't even paying his taxes! Hercegovac! 😠

Look, let's be real, we only stayed ahead because of Mike and that massive gap between our keeper and theirs.

But the real game-changer was what I said before kickoff: we finally started playing like a legit national team at the 10-minute mark once Koplara swapped out Buntić.

He isn't even doing his usual rotation bullshit; he just pulled Valčić because he was struggling, and that was it.

Now Kopljar will probably get back in, so they'll catch up to us pretty fast...

Gregory Ramos3 said:If the refs just managed to keep their standards consistent for once, things might actually go our way...

Though, honestly, if we can actually play like this for the full 60 minutes, I guess the officiating becomes kind of irrelevant at that point. 🙂

I mean, I have my doubts about whether we can really sustain this level of play for all 60 minutes, though.🙂

+ 3. Looks good.
We just need to stick to this game plan.
If we can hold this pace until the 50th minute, the Americans will start rushing things. That’s when they make mistakes, and that's exactly when our counterattacks need to hit the stage.☕