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Croatian fans at the European Handball Championship
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OGNEN TEOFILOVSKI / REUTERS
National handball coach Alfred Gislason was skeptical on Saturday about the lack of corona regulations at the European Championships in Hungary.
“I'm excited to see how things continue in this tournament.
When you see that there are 20,000 at a game in Budapest and no one is wearing a mask, you have to see how that goes.”
In its quarters in Slovakia, the DHB entourage is »tested every day.
It's done very well here,' said Gislason.
He was »very excited to see how we will get through.
We're trying to focus on being careful and not having cases.
Because that can be important for the further course of the tournament.«
Meanwhile, leading player Kai Häfner spoke of “two different handball games.
If you see that during the broadcasts, one hall is full and the other is only a few hundred fans there.« For the 2016 European champion, the health of everyone involved is the priority.
"I don't know the hygiene concept in Hungary, but if that's the case there, then that's okay.
But if that's not the case, then of course it can't be," said Häfner.
Glad to be in Slovakia
DHB sports director Axel Kromer described the good mood at the games in Hungary as "advertising for handball".
But doing that at the expense of infections is "not in our interest."
He is happy to be in Slovakia at the moment, where you have exactly “the standards that you also know from our republic”.
The further course of the tournament could also lead the German team to Hungary.
"When we come to Hungary, we'll think about what problems that causes us," said Kromer, but also explained that "it's not up to us to discuss what Hungary and the EHF tolerate somewhere there."
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