“It’s really boring”
Sävehof suffered a strong double whammy before the season.
Sportbladet could reveal that both Olle Ek and Emil Berlin will be out until at least February.
– They are good players and people who are important to us, says coach Michael Apelgren.
The Sävehof generally swings at the top of the Handball League, which begins in September.
But now Sportbladet can reveal that Partilleklubben, who won SM gold in 2021 and the regular season in 2022 but went out against future champion Ystads IF in the semi-finals last spring, suffered two violent outages.
Right-hander Emile Berlin, who played a tough playoff, dislocated his shoulder again in pre-season and had to have surgery in late June.
– It’s really sad. They needed to sew it together so it would stop sticking out of the joint. Berlin says I’m estimated to be six to nine months away.
“cut the knot”
Mittinian Ole Aik, who was signed from Halby before last season, before a great start in the fall, pulled his cruciate ligament at the end of October and missed the rest of the season. It usually returns nine to twelve months after a cruciate ligament injury.
But Eck suffered a setback and had to have another operation at the beginning of July.
– They cut the “knot,” says Eck.
Apelgren expects Berlin and Eck out at least until February (after a bathroom break in January).
– It might have been earlier but definitely later for me. Ik says, I hope to participate and contribute towards the end of the season anyway.
is still positive.
– It feels like things have changed because before this intervention it was really brave. It turned out to be much better than I initially feared.
“It would be fairer to get our third tip.”
It concerns, of course, two serious breaks for Safhov.
They are good players and people who are important to us. Olle, for example, will be our deputy captain this year, says coach Michael Apelgren.
Now he wants to downplay the expectations of his young team, who also lost several key players to other leagues: Ron Schroeder, Bertram Obling and Vettel ek Aga.
– It’s fair to tip us in third place behind Ystad and Kristianstad. But we are Sävehof and we aim to win.
Sävehof kicks off the competition season on Wednesday with the cup premiere against Allsvenskan Skånela. They will then qualify for the Europa League at the end of August.