Reichmann: In Germany, every kid wants to be a goalkeeper now

“Not so bad,” says German winger Tobias Reichmann when asked to judge his performance at the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 in Poland back in January. Well ‘not bad’ is true if you count winning the tournament and a gold medal, named in the All Star Team, second top scorer with 46 goals in eight matches, being a charismatic team character and one of the tournament’s social media stars. “I wanted to show everyone that I wasn’t just a replacement when they said Germany had a problem after Patrick Groetzki got injured and was ruled out,” says KS Vive Tauron Kielce’s winger. Well, every team in Poland at EHF EURO 2016 would have liked to have had such a problem. As his team secured their participation at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with the championship win in Poland, some of their competitors were struggling in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments held a few weeks ago. Tobias took the opportunity of the international break to enjoy some free days with his family in Germany and on the eve of Kielce’s VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-Final First Leg against German side SG Flensburg Handewitt, the player shared with ehfCL.com the secret of creating a perfect team, contentment about another handball boom in Germany and the joys of being a father.

Watch the first leg live on ehfTV – Saturday 23 April 2016, 17:30 (local time) ehfCL.com: What did you do during this past international break? Tobias Reichmann: After our national team week I had another holiday which I spent with my family in Kiel and in Berlin. We visited both my own and my girlfriend’s families. I had also more time for my kids; we went to the zoo and to aquarium – we had a great family time. ehfCL.com: You felt like a kid again? Tobias Reichmann: Yes (laughs). My older kid is a boy, so we play with cars and go outside and ride the scooter – we have real fun. My daughter is only six months old so we can’t do so much with her, but it’s still great. Sometimes yes, I feel like a kid. ehfCL.com: How are the preparations for the restart of the VELUX EHF Champions League going after its break? Tobias Reichmann: We are in a good shape. I think everybody is a little bit tired after their tournaments, so (Kielce Coach) Talant reduced the duration of our training sessions; we …

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