We panicked against Montenegro, and we were overwhelmed against Sweden, and that is the reason for the defeat,” said Vladimir Golovin, captain of the women’s national handball team, after the team finished tenth in the World Championship qualifying for the Olympics.
The goal was to reach the top eight, but now everyone is saying more and more that the national team really wants to reach the Olympic qualifiers, that is, tenth place is also an acceptable result. Vladimir Golovin thinks so too In his interview with Najmati Sport website He said it like this:
He added: When we set off for the World Championship, our goal was the Olympic qualifiers, but as we know, we told the team that if the draw is this way, let’s try to reach the quarter-finals. “I also said that it is not without opportunities, but you have to see that these two national teams – Croatia and Montenegro – are progressing, more routine than ours.”
“I didn’t think it would happen, but after the 45th minute we somehow scored two goals and we thought we could solve the job. No matter how difficult it was, we did it, but after the first 45 minutes, you didn’t think we were going to finish this game with a victory.” .
According to Golovin, it is not known what would have happened if the missing people had been there as well.
“We can’t know what the impact would have been. It’s also possible that if we had four more players, we would have had a worse result.”
No matter what anyone says, this team is not yet, as it was in the 2000s, a perennial medal contender. For us, eighth place is also a podium.
The interview also revealed this
- And since opponents spend years building their team, perhaps we should think about it as well.
- According to Golovin, unfortunately, the girls don’t believe they can do more against any opponent
- The captain’s friend, the second coach of the Chinese national team, said that it was easy to resolve the match against its rival, Japan, who qualified for the Olympics
