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Kai Häfner: “No overall conclusion yet”
Kai Häfner was visibly disappointed after the 31:34 defeat against Sweden in the game for third place. They had challenged the top nations three times and were narrowly defeated three times. In an interview with handball-world he explains what was missing against the Tre Kronor.
Kai, after you narrowly missed out on the bronze medal and the Olympic ticket: What’s the bottom line?
Kai Häfner: I can’t give an overall conclusion yet – it just feels too modest. It’s very, very bitter when you end a tournament with two defeats and are now left empty-handed. Ask me again in two weeks what we can take with us…
What was missing against Sweden?
In the first half we didn’t manage to gain control of the game. It slipped through our hands a bit and then the burden for the second half was simply very big.
We did a great job and, if everything had worked out, we could perhaps have made it even tighter, but unfortunately that didn’t work.
Nevertheless, you were able to delight 20,000 viewers in Cologne and millions in front of the television. What will remain of it?
There have certainly been many positive moments and impressions in the last few weeks, but unfortunately they are not there at this moment.
2024-01-28 16:59:15
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