Gummersbach - 40 training sessions and 16 games behind the preparation VfL Gummersbach. On Saturday the fun begins at 19 clock for the European champions in the Bundesliga handball against Dusseldorf.
Sead Hasanefendic EXPRESS coach speaks in interview about the team's high expectations, and why he expects a really bad season.
How well the team is on it? "I am satisfied with the course of preparation. Most of the games we won and all the players have been very motivated. We played really good job.
However, you do not just spread optimism over the last few weeks is some criticism eingeprasselt on me. For I see that we have a much weaker force together than last year. The see other people differently. We have a Ilic, Alvanos and Fazekas lost three columns and replaced only by promising talents. That's not enough to realize the high ideals of the environment.
Especially since the budget be cut despite the European Cups at 300,000 to 4.2 million € musste.Wir a difficult season ahead of us. Teams like Kiel, Hamburg and the Rhein-Neckar-Löwen play in their own league. Then come Flensburg, Lemgo, Berlin and Göppingen who want in the international business. These clubs we can beat on a good day. But seen over the whole season, we need substance, which we have not. So the objective in the top ten, landing, realistic.
How great is the unrest in the squad after the club asked the players to give up 20 percent of the salary? It is an unpleasant situation for all it is difficult, the nervousness is great. Therefore I, as coach to concentrate on the sport address. Finally, we want to celebrate all on Saturday to a good start in the league.
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