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Merten Krings is looking forward to Emsdetten
With his strong assertiveness, Merten Krings is hard to stop.
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Crefeld HSG captain Krefeld Niederrhein played for the Eagles’ next opponent for four years. He is currently dissatisfied with his role on the team. In the home game against the leaders he hopes for a lot of support from the fans.
When the biggest match of the 3rd Bundesliga in handball, Group West, between HSG Krefeld Niederrhein and TV Emsdetten kicks off next Saturday at 19:00 in the Glockenspitzhalle, it will be a very special duel for Merten Krings. After all, the captain of the Eagles wore the jersey of the guests of the northern Münsterland for four seasons.
“Emsdetten is still something special for me. There I spent the best period of my career. So this is not an easy game for me. I felt very comfortable there. The club is still very close to my heart and for which I still have great sympathy, obviously not on Saturday ”.
The captain is satisfied with how the season has gone so far: “We are on target in terms of points. Our goal is also to beat the opponents we have had so far, more or less with confidence.” This will become clear in the match against Emsdetten. “
The 33-year-old backcourt strategist was already expecting the previous results in the western group: “In reality everything is going as you can imagine. only Lemgo II should have more points, they play very fast handball. Aldekerk has certainly surprised, but he hasn’t even played against the best teams. “
Compared to the previous season, Krings sees a significantly stronger Eagles team: “We have a better squad in terms of quality and quantity, we can draw a lot and play fast handball for over 60 minutes. We are always able to score a lot of goals.” The defense initially suffered from this: “With Opladen it was much better. Our goal must be to not concede more than 26 goals against such teams.”
But he doesn’t want to overestimate the development with his experience: “In the previous season we had as many points at a similar time. We will have to wait for the best games to be able to say exactly where we are. In these games you have to prove that you can function as a team.”
Krings is currently not satisfied with his role on the team. After all, since the home match against Minden II he has not been in defense from the beginning, but newcomer Tim Claasen: “It’s not easy for me to face it because I see myself differently. Because of my job I have a lot to do. But it’s not my goal to sit on the bench. The fact that you don’t play 60 minutes is obvious and also an advantage for me. As the situation is for me right now, I don’t understand it. I can also say it and articulate it accordingly. ” In terms of handball skills, he has to be number 1 in the back: “I think I can tell because of my career.” But it is not a criticism of the coach: “This is my subjective opinion. As a player you see it differently. For me now it is necessary to accept the situation as it is. Then we will see how it will develop.” Coach Mark Schmetz he is happy to have two strong defensive players in the middle: “Both complement each other perfectly. We know how important Merten is for us.”
Despite being dissatisfied with his situation, the team is obviously in the foreground for him: “It is important to win now against Emsdetten. If Tim scores ten goals and we win, I’m not angry. But I think they still need me in games. like this”.
Emsdetten advertises with the slogan “Heart blood – I’m in”. This suits Krings: “There is an entire city that is crazy about handball behind the club. For generations, everyone goes to the hall.” The captain of the Eagles also wants the same from the Krefeld fans on Saturday: “The game it should attract the crowd. We need our fans. It will be an exciting and attractive match. “
