The Swiss handball team has not had a good run in the European Championship qualifiers so far: four games, four defeats. Since the thrilling game against handball power Germany last fall, which was narrowly lost 22:23, Michael Suter's team has not managed much. They suffered two more defeats against Portugal, who are actually an equal opponent.
Switzerland urgently needs a win against Slovenia on June 14 in Schaffhausen. And the big hope is Andy Schmid.
Schmid, who has long been a superstar in Germany and has already been voted the most important player in the Bundesliga three times, joins the national team for the match against Slovenia as the newly crowned German champion.
The player from Lucerne celebrated his second title in a row on Wednesday evening with his Rhein-Neckar Löwen thanks to a 28:19 win against arch-rivals Kiel.
Schmid became the mastermind with a magnificent second half. The 33-year-old scored four goals in a row and set up his teammates brilliantly time and again. "Andy, you're a handball god," praises Germany's handball legend Stefan Kretzschmar on the TV microphone.
It's high time the handball god Schmid led the national team to success!
MEN'S HANDBALL EM QUALIFICATION
14.6.17, BBC Arena Schaffhausen
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