The national team and the professional staff of the Serbian national team performed another test at the beginning of the preparations for the European Championship, which will be held in Denmark from December 3 to 20. The Danish government gave the „green light“ to hold the tournament after a few days of uncertainty, and after Norway gave up on hosting. The Federation of Denmark and the European Handball Federation have continued preparations for the organization of the tournament which will be held in Herning and Kolding (where groups from Trondaheim are moving, including ours with the national teams of the Netherlands, Hungary and Croatia).
If everything goes well, the selector Ljubomir Obradović will work with the girls until the departure (2.12) in the center of the Football Association of Serbia in Stara Pazova.
No one is considering postponing the Championship to the end of May or the beginning of June. At that time, Denmark is at 18-20 degrees, the ideal time to play. In my opinion, that is the best solution. A lot of girls are positive in various national teams, Hungary, Croatia, and what now? We have no solution, except to play at all costs and by force. If it is the European Championship, then it should be a level tournament, a tournament of the best players. Eliminating one or the other national team, removing them from the competition, who knows for what reasons, brings all this into doubt. In my opinion, it is best to postpone it, but no one asks me – says Obradović and adds: – We will have 12 trainings until we leave. And in case of not going to the Championship, we will stay to prepare for the Olympic qualifications in March. We have a lot of things left to complete, considering that we have practically not worked from Japan for a year. This is practically a new cycle for the next four years, so I see no reason for this European Championship at the moment. I am glad that the girls are there, we will see what the situation is with Lavko. We tested ourselves, we hope we are negative. I must also thank the Football Association of Serbia for its wholehearted help. We will be isolated and have the necessary working conditions.
Many national teams have personnel problems, the question is in what formations they will arrive in Denmark…
That’s the problem. I only mentioned the problems in our group. Everything is unknown.