Duco Telgenkamp shot the Dutch hockey team to their first Olympic title since 2000 on Thursday, but afterwards the main topic was his provocation of German goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg. The Germans were angry, the Dutch were understanding. Telgenkamp scored the decisive goal in the shoot-outs and then went straight to the German keeper, who claimed before the match that the Netherlands were afraid of Germany. The striker made a soothing gesture and tapped Danneberg on his helmet.
The 22-year-old Telgenkamp incurred the wrath of the Germans with this action. Niklas Wellen in particular was furious and came to take action. “It is the most unsportsmanlike behavior I have ever seen from a winner,” he said. “He (Telgenkamp, ed.) is having the best moment of his life. He wins gold at the Olympic Games. Yet he runs to our goalkeeper, who is lying on the ground and in tears,” Wellen expressed his displeasure.
German captain Mats Grambusch was milder than his teammate. “Duco has scored important goals, but you can also see here that he is still a young player,” he said. “If I had won gold, I would have chosen to celebrate with my teammates.” In the Dutch camp there was more understanding for Telgenkamp’s action. The players read Danneberg’s statements on Wednesday evening when they were watching the semi-final of the women’s hockey team, goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak said.
“Lesson one of the media training: don’t talk about your opponent like that. He does and we printed it out and hung it up,” Blaak said. The 36-year-old goalkeeper could imagine Telgenkamp’s emotions. “We are not ideal sons-in-law. You have to be a bit dirty too.” Jeroen Delmée would rather not have seen Telgenkamp’s provocation. “Emotion is part of the game and Duco is a great player,” said the national coach. “But he is also still very young and has to get used to the rules that apply in international hockey.” “He should never touch an opponent’s player, and I think it got out of hand unnecessarily. But that’s what happened. It’s better to focus on our great tournament and not on that one moment in a great final.”
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The Stade Yves du Manoir in Paris was bursting at the seams on Thursday night after Duco Telgenkamp scored the decisive shoot-out in the Olympic hockey final. The hockey players mainly focused on the celebrated goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak, who played a leading role in the shoot-out won by the Dutch against Germany. It was an enormous explosion of joy on the field anyway. Captain Thierry Brinkman had a euphoric moment for himself and the ecstatic Koen Bijen immediately sprinted to friends and family in the stands And then there was Steijn van Heijningen. He was a reserve for the entire tournament, but in the final he made his first playing minutes. Van Heijningen stood in disbelief with his stick against his head. Oranje had done it after a thrilling final battle.
Delmee emotional
National coach Jeroen Delmee was emotional afterwards. “I really want those boys to have it. To win such a heroic fight, against Germany. It was a real final with more tension than beautiful hockey”, according to the coach, who won the Olympic title as a player in 1996 and 2000.
The tension was high, also became clear from Telgenkamp’s provocative action towards German goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg. The Dutch match winner teased the goalkeeper after the decisive shoot-out with a finger gesture in front of his mouth. A scuffle then broke out between several German and Dutch players, which was over after about twenty seconds.
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The incident earned Telgenkamp a chorus of hissing from German fans during the medal ceremony. The Kampong player was not bothered by it. But that finger gesture? There was a story behind it. “The German goalkeeper had said beforehand that we would be afraid of Germany. We shared that in our group app, we could probably use that extra percent of motivation,” captain Brinkman explained. “But I also want to emphasize that we are a championship team, so you have to behave like one,” said Brinkman. The Dutch and German players also left each other alone afterwards. Everyone went their own way.
The celebrated goalkeeper Blaak (36) could laugh afterwards at Telgenkamp’s bravado. “How old are you again? Nineteen?”, the goalkeeper said smilingly to his much-discussed teammate. Telgenkamp: “I’m nineteen and I have a really big mouth,” joked the match winner. For the record, Telgenkamp is now 22 years old. “That boy has gold hanging from his ass,” Blaak said about Telgenkamp, after the two had given each other a big hug.
Regret
Telgenkamp admitted that he shouldn’t have done his action. “I gave the keeper a pat on the head, I shouldn’t have done that. I also regret it, although I don’t know if the Germans will benefit from that.” Probably not. German player Niklas Wellen had no good words for Telgenkamp afterwards. “This is the most unsportsmanlike thing I have ever seen from a winner in my life,” the hockey player told the German media.
And finally, goalkeeper Blaak, who grew to be the hero on the Dutch side. He said he had prepared well. “I watched shoot-outs for four hours this morning. No one could talk to me. That’s why it happened in slow motion tonight during the shoot-outs,” he said. It was now around 22:00 in the empty stadium and the goalkeeper took his time for everything and everyone. He enjoyed this moment. That was understandable, since the end of his career is approaching. He himself has not yet decided on that.
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