“We want to give Pajovic the EM”

Before the home game on Thursday (18 in the Steffl-Arena) in Vienna, team players Constantin Möstl and Tobias Wagner assessed the chances of Kurier.tv. The revenge in Hanover will follow on Saturday.

Great atmosphere

The game is played in the Steffl Arena in Vienna-Kagran, where the Vienna Capitals otherwise carry their ice hockey games. More than 6,000 fans are expected. Möstl is already looking forward to it: “This is not normal for handball Austria, we appreciate that. The fans will really make noise and hopefully celebrate a big party with us. ” However, nobody should expect “that we will win against Germany. Everything would have to go with it ”.

Star player Mykola Bilyk is still missing because of a thigh injury, but Janko Bozovic is back with his litters from a distance. Wagner: “We lacked this at the World Cup in January, even if the young players did well. Janko brings a quality that nobody else has in our team in this form. He opens up completely new opportunities for us. ”

And makes the working day easier for the district runner Wagner. “My game is expanded because this results in more spaces for me.” He didn’t have it at the World Cup. “I’ve never been beaten as at the World Cup.”

Big melancholy

The team still plays four games with team boss Ales Pajovic, who is already training Flensburg at the same time and will then only devote himself to the task as a club trainer. “There is great melancholy,” admits Tobi Wagner. “We had an incredible time, he did a lot with us.” Möstl: “He left us freedom, but also makes clear announcements. We are already sad. ”

If you do not score in the two games against Germany, then everything will amount to a grand finale in Graz against Switzerland. “We are already under pressure somewhere, then I absolutely have to win against Switzerland,” says Erlangen-Legionät Wagner. “We want to give Pajo to say goodbye to the European Championship participation.”