Kai Häfner returns to the German handball team. National coach Alfred Gíslason now has to delete a player before the clash against France.
Left-hander Kai Häfner will return to the German handball team for the European Championship preliminary round final against France. The 2016 European champion became a father for the second time on Friday evening and initially did not travel to Berlin. That’s why he missed the game against North Macedonia on Sunday evening.
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DHB sports director Axel Kromer said at a media event on Monday in Berlin: “He will definitely come back. And then it will become clear which 16 players we will enter on the match report sheet. The probability that Kai Häfner will be one of them is not small. “
“The game is a huge hit”
Häfner was represented by U21 world champion Nils Lichtlein for the second victory in the second European Championship game. National coach Alfred Gislason has to remove one player from his 17-man squad up to an hour before the start of the game.
With the game against France on Tuesday (8:30 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online), the home European Championship for the selection of the German Handball Federation (DHB) is now “really getting started,” said Kromer: “Now the normal timing begins, the opponents will be a little bigger. The game against the French is a huge hit. We are hopeful that we can set a highlight and defeat the Olympic champions.”