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Denmark's Mathias Gidsel (M) in action against France's Luka Karabatic (l) and France's Ludovic Fabregas (r).
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After the European Championships, the Füchse players return home with mixed feelings.
Some disappointments have to be dealt with.
And there is hardly any time left to recover.
Berlin - For the Füchse Berlin European Championship participants, there is hardly any break after the end of the tournament.
On Sunday the handball players will be fighting for a place in the Final Four in the cup quarter-finals against VfL Gummersbach (4.30 p.m./Dyn).
"Now we're getting one after the other.
Of course we would have to rest the players somewhere.
But given the importance of the games coming up now, there probably won't be a chance.
You have to perform,” said coach Jaron Siewert.
At least three of the seven Berlin European Championship participants resumed team training on Monday.
Siewert will probably have to do the most work to build up the Serbian duo Mijajlo Marsenic and Dejan Milosavljev.
Because their national team failed surprisingly early in the preliminary round.
“It was mixed for them, there wasn’t quite the continuity,” said Siewert.
Hakan West av Teigum is also back.
The right winger from the Faroe Islands surprised his team despite being eliminated from the preliminary round and thrilled the audience.
“In general, the Faroe Islands surprised and he was one of the leaders.
“Very effective from the outside and he filled his role very well,” Siewert praised him.
At least until Friday, the quartet that was still active on the final day of the European Championship is still free: the third-placed Swede Max Darj, the German national player Nils Lichtlein and the two Danish runner-up European champions Mathias Gidsel and Lindberg.
These days off after the disappointment in the final are particularly important for the Danish duo.
Sports director Stefan Kretzschmar is hoping for a defiant reaction.
“I hope that motivation will be awakened in them.
At least they’re not coming back from a four-day party marathon in Denmark,” he said.
Bronze winner Max Darj, however, should return with a more positive feeling.
“He did great, was effective at the front and back.
And I would like to give him the medal,” said the Füchse coach.
Lichtlein only made short appearances at the European Championships.
But the 21-year-old should still have more energy in his battery.
“He certainly won’t be outplayed.
But of course he hoped for more and we as Foxes would have wished for more too,” said Siewert.
dpa