The Croatian handball team in Prelog is doing the final part of the preparations for the European Championship, which will be played from January 15 to February 1 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the coach and players point out the good mood and high level of work ahead of the final tests against Germany.
Dagur Sigurdsson’s men will play their Group E matches in Malmö, where they will compete with Sweden, the Netherlands and Georgia. The coach of the Croatian national team is satisfied with the preparations so far.
We are in a good mood. I think so the start was pretty good between Christmas and New Year. We have had this first phase and now we are starting the second phasesaid Sigurdsson.
He also referred to the state of health of the national team members.
everything is fine, I don’t see any problems. It is common during this period that some players have minor difficulties. That’s why we have a great medical team here with usthe selector pointed out.
Speaking about the new players who joined the national team, he pointed out that they fit in very well.
I think it is easy to fit into this team. The atmosphere is good, as is the team spirit. New players have an easy task in this sense, but of course they have to fight for their place. There is competition in all positions and in the entire compositionsaid Sigurdsson.
The preparations will culminate in friendly matches against Germany on January 8 in Zagreb and January 11 in Hanover, and the captain of the national team Ivan Martinović he stressed the importance of those trials.
I think it is excellent preparation for the championship. Germany is one of the best national teams in the world, so we can immediately see where we areMartinovic said.
And the doorman Dominik Kuzmanović he referred to the meetings with Germany.
I think that they are a very good test for us before the championship and a really high-quality national team with very high-quality playerssaid Kuzmanovic.
The Zagreb Arena is already almost sold out, which makes captain Martinović happy.
We can’t wait to feel that beautiful atmosphere one more time and to gather more confidence with the audience. I’m sure there will be a lot of our fans in Malmö as wellsaid Martinović.
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