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Before the cup cracker: The composition of Hannover’s handball warriors remains a mystery
He runs out of gamers: Rekken coach Christian Prokop.
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Hanover. Hannover’s handball champions imagined it fairly in a different way. Instead of testing towards Bundesliga rivals GWD Minden on the TuS Vinnhorst sports activities middle on Tuesday, coach Christian Prokop requested his group – or the remainder of his squad match – to coach. Too many professionals would have missed the matches towards Minden – TSV Hannover-Burgdorf was pressured to withdraw from the check after pulling the set off.
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After all, the checklist of issues hasn’t gotten any longer since then, with “no extra absences as a result of sickness” earlier than the check match, explains Rekken sporting director Sven-Søren Kristoffersen. In different phrases, it is about accidents. “We’ve needed to pull out gamers with complaints which have pressured them to cease coaching prior to now,” says Christophersen. This concerned three gamers, which occurred in a single session on Monday. The Warriors will not reveal who he’s. They wish to anticipate the outcomes of the investigation. “Given the full quantity of failures that had already occurred, a Test match made no sense,” explains Christophersen.
Who else can Prokop recruit?
Especially annoying: The sport towards Minden can be a rehearsal for a trophy cracker at ZAG Arena on Saturday (6.30pm). 6,500 tickets have already been bought for the sport towards third-placed Rhein-Neckar Leuven. It’s about reaching the ultimate 4 in Cologne (April 15 and 16).
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Due to many failures, it was troublesome for the athletes to arrange for the essential stage. The query is: Who would possibly coach Prokop? “We should work out how we will do it tactically within the subsequent few days,” says Christophersen.
One factor is obvious: Bastian Rochek (torn cruciate ligament), Renard Ussins (torn hamstring) and Jonathan Edvardsson (shoulder damage) will be unable to assist with long-term accidents. Whether it’s sufficient for Branko Vujovic is open. After the World Cup with Montenegro, he didn’t return to the nationwide group as a result of sickness. Therefore, Hannover’s handball gamers have a downside in the fitting again area as a result of there aren’t any left-handers (Vujovic and Uskins). In the place, younger Niklas Gautzsch might assist, however he’s right-handed.
Assistant coach Felixson helps
In Tuesday’s observe, the Warriors had been loaded with A-youths, and assistant coach Heidmar Felixson “helped in a single place,” Christophersen stated. Captain Marius Steinhauser (34:28) was injured within the check towards third division group TuS Vinnhorst (34:28) however was taken off the board after attempting to proceed. Filip Kuzmanovski continues to be not again, nonetheless on vacation after the World Cup with North Macedonia.
It was not clear on Tuesday night whether or not any of the three new injured gamers would be capable to play towards Rhein-Neckar Leuven on Saturday. “It’s needlework and it is a double-edged sword,” Christophersen says. “Of course, we all the time wish to have one of the best squad for the following sport, however we now have to keep in mind that there shall be extra video games after that.”
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So, the following query is whether or not the Warriors wish to usher in hitters for a essential sport to succeed in their fourth cup remaining and thus danger a lengthy layoff. Coach Prokop is fastidiously contemplating which items of the puzzle to assemble for an more and more troublesome process towards the Lions.