The discussion about fixed matches in the final stages of the group stage is nothing new in handball, and from Poland's side there were calls for washing up.

Poland's Norwegian national team captain Arne Senstad is furious.

- You get pissed off when you see that it is done in such a deliberate way.

In any case, it is not "fair play", he tells TV 2 and adds:

- We feel very stepped on.

It's so clear they want Germany to score, they could at least cover it up better.

Sweden's Nathalie Hagman understands the frustration, but does not think the team should be washed.

- Now I haven't seen the match, so it's hard to comment, but to create good conditions for yourself, I still think somewhere is okay, she says.

EHF has chosen not to investigate the incident.

In a statement, they say that there are no reports from the match that warrant an investigation.

Hagman thinks that the teams could have managed the match better, but that the result would probably still have been discussed.

- Even if you don't stretch your arms in the air, people will always discuss whether it was a plan or not.

But as it stands, I understand that you want to advance with two points instead of zero points to the next round.

Could happen in Sweden

For Sweden, no such situation arose in the group stage, but in the last round of the intermediate round it may be different.

Norway and Denmark meet in the last match of the intermediate round and will thus know what result will be required for advancement.

In addition, Norway may already be ready for the semi-finals.

- It feels like that situation can come at the end of a championship.

For example, one team may be ready for the semi-finals and may rest more players while the match may mean a lot to the other team.

But it's a situation you have to take then, but of course you create good conditions for your team and whether you have to rest players in order to be better in a possible semi-final is a balance, says Hagman.

However, she believes that she would have reacted like the Polish players if it had been the same situation for Sweden.

- In this case, it's about Poland wanting to move on, so it's not really strange that they react, we would have done that too.

Even if I stand here and say it's fair, I would probably have thought it was really ugly if we were that team, she says.

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Paula Arcos, Spain, celebrated in connection with Germany's late reduction goal - hear Magnus Grahn about the situation in the clip above.

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