Handball Bundesliga team HSG Wetzlar surprisingly parted ways with coach Hrvoje Horvat (45).
Earlier, the Croatian informed the club that he had “accepted a contract offer from a foreign club starting next season”, like the table-16. announced on Tuesday. Horvat only took over Wetzlar in December.
“For us, after the agreements, above all with me, but also with the supervisory board and the management, this is an absolute breach of trust,” said Wetzlar’s sporting director Jasmin Camdzic: “It was firmly agreed that the cooperation is primarily about to reach the goal of the season and after we have secured relegation we can talk about the future.”
Fighting relegation requires “full focus”
In the fight against relegation, “it is extremely important to have full focus on the task and to be wholeheartedly at HSG Wetzlar.
Hrvoje sent a different signal with his decision,” said managing director Björn Seipp: “We need all those who tackle, who do everything for HSG Wetzlar.” Camdzic and assistant trainer Filip Mirkulovski will now lead the training temporarily and also during the training Away game on Thursday in Göppingen take care of the team.