D’Hären Nationalequipe spillt dësen Mount zwee Matcher an der Slowakei. Den éischten Match ass den 26. November um 16.00 Auer géint Island. Den zweeten Match spillen eis Jongen den 28. November um 19.00 Auer géint d’Slowakei.
En Dënnsten den Owend huet d’Equipe hiren éischten Training zesummen an der Coque. Obwuel d’ Professionell Spiller (Kovac, Grün, Laurent a Vujakovic) net vun Ufank un kënnen mat derbäi sinn, geet et vir de Recht vun der Equipe scho lass. Am Ganzen wäerten d’Jongen 12 Trainingen zesummen hunn. Den Ben Kovac kennt nächsten Méindeg mat derbäi, den Thomas Grün kennt den 22. November an den Olivier Vujakovic an den Alex Laurent wäerten eréischt zu Wien op de Recht vun der Equipe treffen vun wou si dann all zesummen mam Bus an d’Slowakei fueren.
D’Situatioun ass eng ganz speziell, well d’Equipe an enger « Bubble » muss sinn. Wéi den head coach vun der Equipe, den Ken Diederich seet: » Duerch d’Situatioun wéi se den Moment ass, hunn mir eng Woch méi vir eis ze preparéieren, awer d’Equipe muss, iert mir spillen dierfen, 3 Mol getest ginn. Dat heescht, dass et och eng ongewëss Situatioun ass, well mir net wëssen ob mir eng komplett Equipe vir d’Matcher wäerten hunn. Ausserdeem mussen mir an der « Bubble » sinn. Dat heescht, mir duerfen den Hotel net verloossen wa mir dohannen ukommen, just vir Trainingen an d’Matcher, wat eng Erausfuerderung vir eis all wäert ginn. Mä dat Positiivt ass, dass mir 2x den Dag kënnen trainéieren ».
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Our national team will play 2 games in November. On Thursday (26th of November, 16:00), Luxembourg will play against Iceland while the team of coach Ken Diederich will face Slovakia (28th of November, 19:00) two days later.
On Tuesday-evening, the team will have its first practice in the Coque. However, some professional players (Kovac, Grün, Laurent and Vujakovic) are not available to practice yet. The team will have a total of 12 practices together. In fact, Ben Kovac will join the team next Monday, Thomas Grün will arrive on the 22nd while Oliver Vujakovic and Alex Laurent will join the team bus in Vienna to drive to Slovakia.
Of course, the situation to prepare the team is special. On one hand the team „has one additional week to prepare » , says Ken Diederich, head coach. However, on the other hand, the team „needs to get tested 3 times before we are allowed to play so that it is still unknown if we can all compete. Furthermore, we will have to stay in the hotel in the bubble without leaving and then play 2 games. It will be a challenge for our team but at least, we can practice twice per day. »
The 15-man-roster of our national team entering the practices:
Ben Kovac (Den Helder Suns, Netherlands)
Thomas_Grün (Gladiators Trier, Germany)
Ivan Delgado (Etzella Ettelbruck)
Xavier Robert Francois (Résidence Walferdange)
Philippe Gutenkauf (Etzella Ettelbruck)
Joe Kalmes (Musel Pikes)
Alex Laurent (Klosterneuburg, Austria)
Kevin Moura (T71 Dudelange)
Oliver Vujakovic (Tirol, Austria)
Yann Wolff (Etzella Ettelbruck)
Max Schmit (Heffingen)
Clancy Rugg (Basket Esch)
Malcolm Kreps (Résidence Walfer)
Mike Feipel (Sparta Bertrange)
Gaetan Bernimont (Racing Luxembourg)
Head coach: Ken Diederich
Assistant coach: Denis Toroman
Team manager / scouting: Pit Rodenbourg
Kiné: Yves De Waha
Team doctor: Leopold Tondeur
