Does this threaten Gislason? “That would be nonsense”

After leaving the German national team in the quarter-finals of the Handball World Cup, criticism of national coach Alfred Gislason was sounded. However, the former DHB star Kai Häfner does not expect the Icelander to be wiped out.

“Alfred Gislason consciously decided for a term until 2027. I cannot imagine that you suddenly question it after a quarter-finals, it wasn’t even in football with Julian Nagelsmann,” said Kai Häfner In an interview with the “Stuttgarter Zeitung”.

The player of the TVB Stuttgart continued: “If our team had brought a medal at the World Cup, Alfred Gislason would not have been offered a pension contract. That would be nonsense. “

The DHB team had just failed at the handball World Cup in quarter-finals with 30:31 on Portugal. After the end, Gislason sometimes had to take fierce criticism – especially because he drew a positive conclusion after the defeat.

“This tournament was a step forward,” emphasized the Icelander and saw “no setback” in the missed semi -finals.

Handball: Criticism of national coach Gislason

Statements that just not arrived every half a year after the Silver Coup at the Olympic Games in Paris. “Bullshit, of course this is a setback,” rumbled Michael Kraus, who became world champion in his own country with the DHB team in 2007, in the “Dyn” podcast “Harzblut”, which he together with Pascal Hens, Stefan Kretzschmar and Florian Schmidt- Sommerfeld operates.

The long-time DHB official Bob Hanning also went hard with Gislason in the “Bild” interview.

“It had to keep playing players who either seemed strange or obviously overwhelmed. It is high time that we make the width of our squad an advantage,” the indirect allegation to the national coach was not overlooked, false or too to have changed little in the individual games.

Gislason recently received backing from DHB sports director Ingo Meckes. “The team can carry the axis for years,” he emphasized.

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