Handball Dragons travel to Switzerland for final preparations before the Euros

(Patria) - The handball Dragons are traveling to Switzerland today to complete their final preparations before the start of the European Championship.

The BiH handball players will participate in the Yellow Cup in Switzerland, writes Faktor.ba.

Tomorrow at 8:30 PM, our team expects a duel with Argentina. The day after, the match against Switzerland is scheduled (8:15 PM), and a duel with the Romanians is scheduled for Saturday (2 PM).

After participating in this tournament, Irfan Smajlagić's team will travel to Mannheim, Germany, where they will play matches in Group E of the European Championship.

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- Regarding the first part, you saw that we completed 15 out of 17 planned training sessions. Some players were injured, some were not fully fit.

They are not 100% ready yet. Yesterday, we only had two training sessions with the full squad. Ibrahim Haseljić got injured, we don't know the exact diagnosis.

Today he will have an examination, and tomorrow an MRI, after which we will know more - said Damir Doborac, a member of the Dragons' coaching staff.

He believes that the tournament in Switzerland should serve the BiH national team to work on their confidence.

- To see which players we can count on at the European Championship. I believe in these guys, I believe in the result, and I think we will show it. I think we have quality.

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It is not a priority that we must win the tournament, but it is important that we create a good atmosphere and go to the European Championship with great confidence - Doborac stated.

National team player Mirko Herceg announces that BiH will aim for victory in every match at the upcoming tournament in Switzerland.

- I think we have worked well. This tournament in Switzerland will serve us well as preparation for everything that awaits us.

Every player believes that we can achieve great things at the championship, and at the Yellow Cup, we will aim for victory in every game. We will see if we can achieve it or not - said the back of the BiH team.

The following traveled to Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: Benjamin Burić, Admir Ahmetašević;

Backs: Mirsad Terzić, Igor Mandić, Mirko Herceg, Dino Hamidović, Marko Davidović, Mario Pavlak, Luka Knežević, Marko Panić, Nedim Hadžić;

Wings: Adi Mehmedćehajić, Marko Majstorović, Luka Perić, Vladan Đorđević;

Pivots: Senjamin Burić, Adin Faljić, Amir Muhović.

Our handball players will play their first match at the Euros in Germany on January 11 against Sweden. Two days later, the match against the Netherlands is scheduled, and we will finish the group stage on January 15 with a match against Georgia.