"The little one can help us": Knorr moves into the focus - Olympia
On a premature home flight with his teammates Juri Knorr has no shuttle at all. "We are ready for the K.-O. phase and mental full of heights. It is a game that decides on possible medal elevations or the way home," emphasized the "chick" in the squad of national coach Alfred Gislason before the Olympia quarterfinals against Egypt on Tuesday (13.45, live! At Olympia).
As at 29:25 against Brazil at the end of the group stage, when the new addition of the Rhine-Neckar Löwen with six goals shone, the son of the former national player Thomas Knorr could become an important factor in the German game with the Africa champion . Because right on the bill, the opponents do not have the 21-year-old in Tokyo yet.
Knorr: "You just need this breast solder"
"For me personally, it was a very important game, because I could show the first time that I can help under pressure of the team. You just need this breast solder, just on the level," Knorr said on Monday and added, " For the team it was important because she has seen, the little one can help us. " There was even an extra praise from the national coach. "The performance of Juri was very happy. He made a very strong game," says Gislason.
Not only for the game against Egypt, Papa Thomas has given the young international, who celebrated his debut in the DHB selection in November 2020, a simple march route. "I should, if I come in, make my thing and have fun. Self-confidently rely on, progress and do not shy away from making a decision," Knorr reported. He does not do that anyway. In March, Knorr had emphasized in the Olympia interview: "The risk distinguishes me from others."
Father Thomas was 1996 Olympia Seventh
With a victory he would not only dream of a medal with his teammates, but also overrupt the father. In 1996 was in Atlanta with the DHB selection Olympia seventh. "Of course I talked to my father about it. Maybe the party was more in the foreground," said Knorr Junior and supplemented, "It would of course be nice to cut out better than seven place."
For this requires a concentrated performance - from the first to the last minute. "That's a very good team," Gislason warned against the Egyptians. "We'll put everything in this game." In the last Olympia test a good three weeks ago succeeded in Nuremberg a 29:27. "We know that there is a really good team on us, but we want to go to the semi-finals," said district of Hendrik Pekeler.
Knorr also hit idol doncic
That would also be quite in the sense of Knorr, who enjoys his first Olympic games in spite of the Corona circumstances to the fullest. "To go to the cafeteria every day and to meet the best athletes in the world there is great," Knorr said. His largest idol - Slovenia basketball star Luka Doncic - he has been able to admire nearby. "It's already cool if you meet such guys here. That's an incentive for me. I'm not just the fan boy who is allowed to look at the big athletes here, but also wants to deliver." Best again against Egypt.
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