Friday is a special day for table tennis in the Netherlands. After thirty years, a Dutch men’s team is again participating in the Champions League: Taverzo from Zoetermeer. Star player? 49-year-old Trinko Keen.
“This is quite exciting”, says the former number eighteen in the world, who between 1991 and 2008 divided all national titles between him and Danny Heister, that other icon from the past.
David vs Goliath
In a corona bubble in Düsseldorf, Taverzo will try to surprise this week by reaching the semi-finals. For that to be the first or second in a group with favorite Borussia Düsseldorf, Polish Dzialdowo and French Hennebont.
Multiple Champions League winner and German champion Düsseldorf will be the first opponent on Friday. “David against Goliath? You can compare it to that, yes. But I remember from primary school that David won, so who knows,” said Keen.
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