The location has changed.
The group too.
But not the intentions.
Its Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium under construction until further notice, it is in the facilities of the Parc des Princes, only a few hundred meters away, that PSG carried out its recovery on Wednesday.
Between those who were crowned champions of France a few weeks ago and the new faces, no one missed the call.
The osmosis is already evident.
It will be essential to meet the new high objectives of the best club in France.
After the traditional welcome speech by Thierry Omeyer, their general manager, Raul Gonzalez's players passed a series of stress tests.
The training sessions follow one another until Friday with bodybuilding sessions.
Monday August 1, the Parisian group will begin a one-week course (physical preparation and a little handball) at altitude at the resort of Tignes (Savoie), where they will take over from the rugby players of Clermont.
The best way for rookies to fit in with the rest of the team.
The recruits will have to make forget the stars
To compensate for the five departures, and not the least (Mikkel Hansen, Nedim Remili, Benoît Kounkoud, Vincent Gérard, Yann Genty), the club's management has set its sights on experienced players with, in the cages, Andreas Palicka ( Redbergslid), executioner of the Blues with Sweden during the last Euro and Danish international Jannick Green (Magdeburg), as well as Spanish right winger David Balaguer (Nantes).
Two boys with great potential complete the recruitment: left-back Yoann Gibelin (22 years old, Créteil), and Hungarian Dominik Máthé (23 years old, Elverum), present despite his long unavailability after his serious knee injury last February.
Several friendly matches are already scheduled.
They will start with a confrontation with Toulouse (subject to confirmation), then continue in Alsace (Strasbourg and Sélestat) on August 27 and 28 with the EuroTournoi, where the Parisians will face Nantes, Porto and Melsungen (Germany).
This Wednesday was the #recovery for the 🔴🔵!
#training pic.twitter.com/8XSVBvuis9
– PSG Handball (@psghand) July 27, 2022
They will meet Nantes for the Champions Trophy on Saturday September 3 at the Futuroscope Arena in Poitiers, will play their round of 16 of the Coupe de France in Strasbourg (Proligue) on September 6 or 7, then start the championship the following Saturday. with a trip to Nîmes.
It will then be the Champions League, one of the club's stated objectives.
Nikola Karabatic and his teammates will start the group stage with the Hungarians of Veszprem on Wednesday September 14 (or Thursday), then will host the Poles of Plock the following week.
In this competition after which PSG has always been running, it has been relatively spared with the program Veszprem (Hon), Magdeburg (Ger), Bucharest (Rou), Porto (Por), Gudme (Dan), Plock (Pol) and Zagreb (Cro).
WORKFORCE 2022-2023
Goalkeepers:
Andreas Palicka (Sweden), Jannik Green (Dan).
Right
backs: Dainis Kristopans (Let), Dominik Mathé (Hon).
Left backs:
Elohim Prandi, Yoann Gibelin.
Half-centers:
Nikola Karabatic, Luc Steins (PB), Sadou Ntanzi.
Right wingers:
David Balaguer (Sp), Ferran Solé (Sp).
Left wingers
: Mathieu Grébille, Adama Keita.
Pivots:
Luka Karabatic (cap.), Kamil Syprzak (Pol), Henrik Toft Hansen (Dan).
