Question mark after Schmid’s resignation: who should stop the cadets?

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Andy Schmid (40) leaves a huge vacuum with his immediate dismissal after the European Championships in January. Mostly in Swiss handball – and possibly also in the form of points in the championship. Who can stop Schaffhausen’s competition croissant now that the big star and future national coach no longer plays for Kriens-Luzern?

Pursuit Kriens-Luzern relies on the existing team and consciously refrains from contracting replacements for Schmid and Jonas Schelker (24), who injured his cruciate ligament. In any case: “You cannot replace superstar Schmid, both on and off the field. He was one of the best defensive midfielders in the world,” says Nik Tominec (32), sports director at Central Switzerland and former Nati colleague.

The big opportunity for the boys

At Kriens-Luzern, gems and homegrown players such as Gino Steenaerts (18), Moritz Oertli (23), Valentin Wolfisberg (19) and Luca Sigrist (18) should be given even more responsibility. “For this they need confidence and they have to play, but they can also make mistakes and thus fill their backpack with valuable experience,” sports director Tominec explains. For the development of the players, he accepts exposing the high sporting goals to a greater risk. Clear the way for the cadets?

The top team from Schaffhausen is solid and has not won three games yet this season. There was one defeat each in Winterthur and in the rankings. And the opening draw against GC was the only game in which they lost points at home. The rest? All victories. Internationally, the cadets are still represented in the main round of the European League.

A title taken from the cadets

With Schmid, Kriens-Luzern managed to irritate the cadets. Especially in the cup final last June with a 32:30 victory, the first title in club history. In the play-off final, the HCKL lost the series 1:3 – but they robbed Schaffhausen of a nice victory in the seven-meter shootout after a three-hour thriller.

Schmid missed the three direct matches lost this season, including the Supercup. He only chased goals in five league games. After the Achilles tendon injury, his focus was on the final European Championship in January and he also played international matches with Kriens-Luzern. But Nati’s new record scorer (1094 goals) showed how dangerous he still is with his eleven goals against St. Otmar, his twelve at the European Championship against North Macedonia and the ten-goal mark in the European League that was exceeded several times. was as a 40 year old.

Now the Schmid vacuum opens up new opportunities for the boys at Kriens-Luzern. Or that the last cadet conquerors, Scout or GC, advance? It is clear who is being hunted in the competition.

Source : Blick