As several players tumbled about on the floor in the first half of the match against Hungary on Sunday in Odense, it could be ended with a farewell to the WORLD cup for Nikolaj Markussens him.
It would then, where appropriate, not be the first time that an injury keeps him away from the finals. It he experienced as late as last year, where he missed the european championships in Croatia.
I got to thinking, oh no, not again, says Nikolaj Markussen, who first able to breathe a sigh of relief as he late Monday were the result of a scan.
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Markussen with ice on the foot after the accident on Sunday. Photo: Jens Dresling
– Fortunately showed the scan that there is a break in any bones, so all the rest is just swelling and pain.
– In the fight tumbles we suffered together, and then there is the one that falls down over my foot. I’ve sprained a bone inside the foot, and at the same time, I have got a press, so there is a bleeding, which is located in and fills very much. It makes that I can’t run and jump yet.
– It goes better than it did yesterday, but I’m not ready to train handball today. Yesterday was clearly the worst day in relation to the bleeding. Now it can only go forward.
– I need to be tested in the morning compared to the fight on Thursday, but it can also be I first are ready for the match on Saturday against Tunisia, says Nikolaj Markussen.
because of the many injuries that have hit the squad, canceled national coach Nikolaj Jacobsen training on Monday. On the other hand, having gone to vaflerne Tuesday in the Anja Andersen-hall in the House of Sports in Brøndby, where the players were run through in more than two hours.
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Nikolaj Jacobsen ran his players through a good two-hour long program. Photo: Jens Dresling.
And this time be able to Nikolaj Jacobsen is pleased that all of the man, apart from Henrik Toft and Nikolaj Markussen, be able to participate in the many exercises.
There was also a reunion with Mikkel Hansen, who was back after a very short maternity leave. He seemed like many of the other incredibly motivated, and it was a very happy coach, that made the status after the training.
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Mikkel Hansen seemed very motivated by international training in Brøndby. Photo: Jens Dresling
– I am glad that it did not go worse with Nikolaj Markussen, but it is not certain, that I will bring him in the game already on Thursday. There is no reason to risk anything in the fight.
And then I am otherwise very happy with the workout today. We got to try some things that we missed against Hungary on Sunday, and so it was good to get Mikkel back again.
