Medal mission
DFB boss has a lot of confidence in handball players at home European Championships
Bernd Neuendorf will follow the DHB selection’s opening European Championship game against Switzerland live on site. photo
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The European Handball Championships in Germany also captivate DFB President Neuendorf. He keeps his fingers crossed for the DHB team during the medal mission in front of their home crowd.
“It’s a tournament in our own country, so the atmosphere in the halls is always great. I think the spectators will drive the team forward. So I have a lot of confidence in them, even though I’m not a handball expert. But I think a lot is possible,” Neuendorf told the German Press Agency.
The 62-year-old President of the German Football Association will follow the DHB European Championship opening game against Switzerland live on site next Wednesday in Düsseldorf. Not only because of the world record crowd of 53,000 fans, Neuendorf is expecting an atmospheric event at the start of an exciting sporting year with the European Football Championship in Germany and the Olympic Games in Paris as highlights. “Germany is a sports-loving country. I’m not worried about the mood. Neither at the handball European Championships nor at the footballers’ European Championships,” he said.
Neuendorf’s interest in the event is not just because it is the first ever European Handball Championship in Germany. “I follow all the major tournaments for handball players and basketball players. We have a close connection with the other team sports, exchange ideas regularly and identify common interests,” said the DFB President.