Hansen ready for a great afternoon in Herning

Mikkel Hansen, awarded World Handball Player of the Year twice, is enjoying the challenging training environment in Paris Saint-Germain Handball and to play in the possibly strongest VELUX EHF Champions League group ever. He has been Spanish, Danish and French champion. He has been European champion and Olympic champion, so the only titles he is still missing, are World champion and winning the VELUX EHF Champions League. He has the chance to take both the missing titles this season, though. This coming Sunday, the day after his 29th birthday, Hansen who was born in Hamlet’s town Helsingør, will be playing in Denmark for the first time after winning the Olympic gold in Rio with the Danish national team. Against Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, he will be on away court in Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, which has been a home court for him in several big matches in the past. ehfCL.com: On Sunday you are visiting Denmark to play Danish champions Bjerringbro-Silkeborg. This will be your first appearance in Denmark after you won the Olympic gold in Rio. What will that be like for you, do you think? Mikkel Hansen: First of all, I hope it will be a great event with a great atmosphere. The atmosphere is usually great in Jyske Bank Boxen, and I hope I will be received well, of course. From what I have heard, the ticket sale has been going really well, so I am sure it will be a great afternoon.

ehfCL.com: What do you think of your team’s Champions League season so far? Mikkel Hansen: I think it has been generally okay. A one-goal defeat away to Kiel was not what we were expecting, of course, and I think one point there would have been fair. Apart from this, we have done what we should, I think. ehfCL.com: Your team has undergone some changes compared to last season, like most teams in the Champions League have. Among others, you have got Uwe Gensheimer on the left wing and Luka …

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