The Croatian handball team gathered in Zagreb ahead of the last part of the preparations for the European Championship.
Croatia is waiting for the European Championship on January 17 Georgia in Malmö, then a key match against The Netherlands and the host Sweden. Only two selections go to the second round.
He is happy to return to the national team Zvonimir Srnawho missed the last gathering of the national team, and was injured in the penultimate one.
It’s wonderful to be in this company again and that we all eagerly await that first month, those championships, and I want us all to get ready together, to stay healthy and to welcome the championships healthysaid Srna, reports HRT.
He pointed out that the World Championship, which he is attending, has passed won silvera roadmap for the upcoming competition. On the eve of the Euros, Dagur Sigurdsson’s chosen players also have two warm-up games against Germany.
The past championship is our guide how we should play and also things we need to work on. We have a bigger picture than last year, we have some new faces, surely the coach will look for some new things, yes let’s maybe surprise someone and we will benefit from those two games with Germany, which is a perfect opponent on our field and on theirs. There we will already see some details of where we are and, I repeat, we can’t wait for the European Championshipsaid the Doe.
Mario Šoštarić said that the players are ready and he hopes that they will do the final preparations in the best possible way.
He also referred to Marina Šipićawhose injury prevents him from playing at the Euros.
He is the soul of the national team, an excellent attacking player. He will mean a lot to us, and we will miss him a lot. We are sorry that what happened in Switzerland happened. A trivial injury and somehow the rehab doesn’t go the way they thought it would. I always leave the door slightly ajar, I don’t close it completely. We know that Marin, if he succeeds, will try to prepare and will try to help whenever needed. For now, the forecasts are bad, but let’s let there be another glimmer of hope, maybe he will come if needed, but all the guys who are there are of the same quality as him and we have a lot of confidence in them and we know that they will play for him as wellsaid Šoštarić.
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