Away tasks for record winners, plus Balkan clash on Saturday
After their record victories in round 1, Spain, France and Romania have away tests ahead in their second games. Neighbours Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia duel for the first time ever, while the EHF EURO Cup continues with the match between the two round 1 victors – and a homecoming for the new Switzerland coach.
Our main goal in the path we want to take this year in the EURO group is to increase the time we can be competitive with the great powers of the sport. With this orientation on Saturday against Romania we will try for the best possible result. Clearly, our minds are on the games against Bosnia and we want to go as prepared as possible as we passionately seek the first points in our history in the EURO qualifiers.
Our goal is always to win and we will keep that in our mind. Bosnia and Herzegovina have a few excellent players. I hope all our players will get a chance to play, the same as it was in Karlovac on Wednesday. It is essential for us, for our team, that we know that all players matter.
After an important victory on our home court Thursday evening, we are now leaving for Kosovo with expectations to have another good match and bring ourselves to a position where we are very close to ensuring a spot at EHF EURO 2024. We are fully focused on bringing back home two points from Pristina.
This is our last game before we present the squad for the World Championship in November. Knowing that, it is important for us to use this match to work on our "spill” and get some references. We are very excited to play against Switzerland in a sold out Jotron Arena. We have many great memories from this arena.
