After the association’s confession of loyalty to national coach Christian Prokop, international player Steffen Weinhold has sworn his team mates to a new start:”It is now up to us players to open up to us and give the coach new confidence,”said THW Kiel’s backroom player to the Kieler Nachrichten.
“Everyone must now take a step towards each other. When three, four, five players break away, we lack quality,”he added.
At the European Championships in Croatia, which ended with a disappointing ninth place, there had been some atmospheric disturbances between the team and the coach. According to KN, at least three players are said to have threatened to resign if Prokop continues.
Nevertheless, after an intensive EM analysis at a special meeting on Monday, the DHB Presidium voted in favour of continuing the cooperation with Prokop.
“I am already optimistic about the home World Cup next year. But it would be very important for all players to be there, and some of them will still be thinking about it after this decision,”said Weinhold.
I hope that Christian will be able to persuade everyone to take part in this new start,”said Weinhold.