Kromer about a new chance for Knorr: want to help him

"We know what Juri is able to know, but we also know that he has not shown that constant in recent weeks. To get him an investment in Juri," said DHB sports director Axel Kromer on Tuesday.

After the failure of playmaker Philipp Weber, Knorr was post-nominated on Monday by national coach Alfred Gislason for the games on Saturday in Gummersbach and Sunday in Kassel. "He gets another chance to get there where he sees himself, namely at a high sporting level. We want to help him," Kromer said. The sporting direction is that the 21-year-old had not been nominated by the Bundesliga group of Rhine-Neckar Löwen. But there is no contradiction, "when he pushes down in a failure".

Knorr, who had celebrated his debut against Bosnia-Herzegovina against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the DHB selection and in the previous year was both at the World Cup and the Olympic Games, is considered a hopefound on the playing position. For the EM in January, however, he was not an option because it rejects a corona vaccine for personal reasons. At the final round in Slovakia and Hungary, only vaccinated players were admitted. "But we do not need any other service from Juri because of that he had a different vaccination status in January than we," Stressed Kromer.