Germany earned their second straight victory in the European Handball Championship on Sunday, this time with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the stadium to watch. The host nation easily pushed past North Macedonia 34-25 in front of a sold out Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, which pushed them through to the next round of the competition. Germany started strong, as the defence with the inside duo of Johannes Golla and Julian Köster stood firm and hardly opened any gaps for North Macedonia. At the same time, Germany successfully played out its pacey counter-attacks via left wing Lukas Mertens and quickl…