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ByEurosport
Published 08/01/2007 at 12:36 GMT
Coach Heiner Brand declared himself content as Germany continued their preparations for the upcoming World Handball Championship with a 23-23 draw against Hungary in Budapest on Sunday.
HANDBALL, 2007, Heiner Brand, Germany coach
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Germany needed an equalising goal 80 seconds before the end from Christian Zietz to earn the draw, though injuries meant Brand had just 13 players to call on.
The result came just 22 hours after Germany's 23-20 win in another friendly the evening before.
"In view of the fact that we had 20 players before and just 13 left here, we made the best of it," Brand said afterwards.
"I will have to look for some solutions to the injuries before the Championship."
With the opening match against Brazil in Berlin just 11 days away, Germany have injury concerns over several members of their squad.
Andrewj Klimowets and Torsten Jansen reported injured thighs during the match, Oleg Velyky (foot) and Rolf Hermann (arm) both stayed behind for treatment while the rest of the squad travelled to Budapest.
Reports claim that 250,000 tickets have already been sold for the Championships, which will see 24 teams battle for the crown Spain won in 2005.
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