By Kevin Domas Fourteen years after their last participation, Portugal are back at the EHF EURO and they are here to stay, as they have demonstrated in the preliminary round of the competition. Actually, the team is largely responsible for the early elimination of France. Coach, Paulo Pereira, has been playing a big role in all of this, as he …
By Kevin Domas His signing as new coach in Slovenia was one of the big news prior to the EHF EUR 2020. After enduring the temper of Veselin Vujovic for a while, handball players of the national team are now getting used to a much calmer approach. We caught up with head coach, Ljubomir Vranjes, a man in high demand …
By Kevin Domas Who would have guessed that Slovenia will enter the Main Round of the EHF EURO 2020, with two points in the bag? The bronze medallists of the 2017 World Championship are one of the positive surprises of this competition. Among the underdogs, they might be the one with the most experience. And, according to FC Barcelona’s right-back, …
The day after Denmark dropped out at EURO 2020, stregspiller.com talked with Danish handball legend, Lars Christiansen, about the unexpected exit of the 2019 World Champion and the teams which have surprised thus far in the tournament. How do you explain the premature departure of Denmark at EURO 2020? LC: There is a great deal of unrest, right now. Denmark …
The day after Norway eliminated France from EURO 2020 all eyes were on Sander Sagosen (he scored ten goals against the two time Olympic champion) at the media call. Yet, another player may be of even greater importance than the star from Paris St. Germain in Norway’s quest for gold. Meet Magnus Gullerud (GWD Minden) – together with Petter Overby …
By Kevin Domas The EHF EURO 2020 will mark the beginning of a turning point in the history of French handball. Three key players – Cédric Sorhaindo, Luc Abalo and Michaël – plan on stopping their international careers after the next Olympics, assuming France will qualify. But, before even thinking about Tokyo, 37-year old Michaël Guigou aims for another gold …
Photo: K. Domas By Kevin Domas Changing clubs can be a bit hard to adapt to, especially for young players and even more so when going to another country. That’s exactly what happened for Romain Lagarde. At age 22, he left Nantes in the summer of 2019 to join Rhein-Neckar Löwen and only now he begins to see the light …
VIDEO: The Netherlands are world champions for the first time after a 30:29 victory over Spain. Captain Danick Snelder and top scorer Lois Abbingh spoke to Chris O’Reilly about what went through their heads during the dramatic final moments, their reaction to a slow start, tasting victory for the first time and the rollercoaster of emotions the Dutch have gone …
VIDEO: Russia’s Anna Sen spoke to Chris O’Reilly shortly after winning the bronze medal at Japan 2019. The experienced left back reflected on how they dealt with Friday’s painful defeat, how pleased she is to win Russia’s first world medal in 10 years and the key areas of their 33:28 victory over Norway.
“Manu” Mayonnade (Head coach, Netherlands) When you took on the job as head coach for the Netherlands back in February of this year did you anticipate that you would play the World Cup final in December? MM: Well, in my first meeting back in March – I think it was on a Thursday – I told the girls that the …
