World Cup of Darts: Luke Littler and Luke Humphries were England’s dream team – what went wrong against Germany? | Darts News

Luke Little and Luke Humphries were England’s dream team during the Darts World Cup. So why did he go badly against Germany so badly in the quarterfinals?

Littler is the reigning world champion, while Humphries beat the 18 -year -old to seal the Glory of Premier League at the London O2 Arena last month, so the two best players in the world were still going to be hot favorites to win the pairs competition.

However, against all odds, They slipped to a defeat of 8-4 in the second round at the Eissporthalle in FrankfurtWhere Martin Schindler and Ricardo Pietterczko, stimulated by a partisan crowd, sealed a complete victory.

The test of strength did not start well for England after having been hired by German fans while they went to the stage towards Fat the iconic ‘Vindaloo’.

Littleler started nervously and the Germans took the first two legs, but his box 123 put England on the table before a 64 finish stabilizes it at 2-2.

However, the Warrington Wonderkid missed three darts to a double in fifth stage to allow Pietterczko to win it with a 106 finish and another in the sixth when the Germans restored their advantage, and after Humphries reached 25 rather than a bull for 122, they entered the 5-2 break.

Pietterczko withdrew 101 after the recovery before Germany went 7-2 and, although Littleler and Humphries took the following two, they finally died as a return of only four doubles of the 11 chances they created, with an average of 93, which was finally expensive.

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Mardle: playing for your country is different to play for yourself

Wayne Mardle, addressing Emma Paton de Sky Sports, applauded Germany for their incessant nature on the scene where the conditions worked in their favor and stressed that Littleler and Humphries were unable to manage as a team, which turned out to be their ultimate fall.

“It was amazing. It was exceptional. And what was incredible was the way Martin and Ricardo did their activities from the first leg to the very end,” said “Hawaii 501”.

“They have never excelled at any time with, like a darter of 11 or 12 against launching it. But when they had their chances, they took them. They never deposited a millisecond.

“Whenever England won a leg, it was as if it had been won. He was really won.

“Luke and Luke, without a doubt, felt stress and strains to be massive favorites and continue to know how good Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis, they just made things easy – that’s how difficult the pairs of the World Cup can be.

“The pressure contributed to them at one point, Luke and Luke, and they completed. Their opponents did not do so, and a total credit in Martin and Ricardo there.”

He added: “Playing for your country is different to play for yourself. Playing with a teammate is different to play alone.

“The rhythm you get is different. Luke Humphries the front won last year with Michael Smith, I thought would trust him, knowing what it is. But when you are under pressure, you are under pressure.

“You can’t just think:” I have already come here, it’s okay. “You can’t do that.”

The frustration of Littleler in Germany develops after the crowd problems

Littleler, which relies on the nickname `The Nuke ”, has often been the subject of hooks in Germany and even threatened to boycott the country when it was eliminated from the German Grand Prix by Gian Van Veen in the semi-finals.

“I had a little leading moment, like some of us players,” he said after his defeat against the world youth champion. “I just don’t understand, and I can’t explain it. Obviously, you walk, but as soon as I went on stage, I started to get Hue.”

He added: “I was hooked in Hildesheim last year against Peter Wright during the European tour. I was flying and then they started to have hooked me and I lost.”

“Obviously, the Germans should not love us English.”

He posted later on Instagram: “should not have been in Munich but had to play anyway. The next in Germany for me is Dortmund and I am happy to say that.”

Have the conditions played a factor?

Safety problems were raised about the Eissporthalle arena in Frankfurt with the Irish player William O’Connor fearing that a player is collapsing on stage due to the heat.

O’Connor claims that there is a medical emergency risk due to burning temperatures.

“It’s so hot on this scene, it is difficult to play your best darts,” he said. “It’s really difficult. It’s terrible, we have to change the place. Or maybe putting the air conditioning because someone will fall on this scene.”

He added: “I am not exactly the biggest man in the world, but I can tell you that it is hot on this stage. And it is not good. The faster you are out of this stage, the better.”

The teammate Keane Barry said: “The darts slipped into my hand, and it was so sticky, but it’s the same for everyone.”

Schindler: The two Lukes had difficulties!

Schindler, who insisted that they had a chance of victory against the favorites, said: “I was right. We believed in ourselves and I think that we achieved a solid performance and obviously the double 16 of Ricardo when it counted. We are very happy to live.

He added: “I think it was certainly one of the best atmospheres we had during a World Cup. Obviously, we must say that we do not approve of the whistles and the huae.

“For us, we must say that it does not become easier for us because our opponents are hué or whistled. So we still have to go there and play and we did it.

“The two Lukes have difficulties as it seems and I think that the day is done now for us and we are happy to have won that one.”

Dream teams do not always bring silk

A reminder that there is no guarantee to win titles in any sport and that the shock exit from Littleler and Humphries is a perfect example.

The Brazilian football team of the 1982 World Cup is known as one of the biggest teams never to win the tournament, while in basketball, the 2004 American Olympic team, filled with NBA stars, including Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and a young Lebron James, dropped their first match in Pereto Rico at 19 and lost twice before finishing with the Bronze medal.

During the 1999 rugby world cup, Christophe Lamaison inspired France with a 33-point -less salve that destroyed the powerful Jonah Lomu and his New Zealand team to reach the semi-finals.

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