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Lino Cervar before the gathering for preparations for the EURO: The team should be a star-studded team!

Croatian national handball team manager Lino Červar has announced a list of 28 players that will be counting for the upcoming European Championship, which will be held in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018.

– We never had a difficult situation and everything reminds me of the World Cup in Portugal in 2003 (when Croatia won gold). It will be difficult to reach the medal and we will have to achieve it through the strongest teams. But we are the hosts and despite all the problems we have to look at the month, because, as they say, if you make a mistake, you are still among the stars, said the coach Cervar.

Croatia will play in Group A along with teams from Sweden, Serbia and Iceland. In the second round, three best teams from each group will be placed, while Croatian handball players cross the group B with France, Belarus, Norway and Austria.

The first part of the preparations is scheduled on December 18-24, and from December 26th to December 31st in Ivanić Grad.

„The team should be a star-free team“

– The final preparations start on January 1st in Split and we are there until the start of the championship. There are five new players on the list, we have seven young people, but also nine who are over two meters high. We will try to prepare the preparations based on three directions, which are technical-tactical, psychological and physical preparation, said Cervar, adding: The team should be a star-studded team and I am pleased that our players act modestly. We are looking for team players and those who will be able to take responsibility because a player must be a winner not only physiognomy but also character.

Croatian handball team will compete in the group on January 12 against Serbia. This is followed by a duel with Iceland (January 14) and Sweden (January 16). Croatia will play all matches of the first round in the Split Spaladium Arena.

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