Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz ends in the national team.
25 years old.
Now, warns coach for development and want to see serious efforts from the union.
– The honor and pride to play in a national team has been lost along the way. There, the union has a job to do, says Ola Lindgren.
Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz has besides Championship in January of this year declined the national team once time after the Olympic silver in 2012.
Yet it was announced today that he, only 25 years old, definitely stop in the national team as a shock.
– I have problems with my knees and have lost motivation when I can not deliver what I want, say Ekdahl Du Rietz in a press release from the Swedish Handball Federation.
– The motivation is affected when you can not give a hundred. I have overused the patellar tendon and is in pain all the time. It has not been an easy decision to make, but it has grown up, he says, and continues.
– I respect Staffan Olsson and Ola Lindgren. It has made this decision even harder to take. But the burden is so extreme if you play a lot in both club and national teams. Can you get a few extra days of rest instead of going away it could mean a lot for the body.
“Add extra dimension”
Coach Erna has known Kim EDR’s thoughts for a month and tried to persuade him – to no avail.
– He adds an extra dimension. He has shown how important he is when we had our great success in the Olympics and the World Cup at home, says Ola Lindgren Sportbladet.
Ekdahl Du Rietz is alone in Swedish world elite at his position. He plays in the large German club Rhein-Neckar Löwen which leads the Bundesliga and play in the Champions League.
– There is a new generation that is going on but it is clear that the momentum of the team disappears a little, says Lindgren.
– Of course it is a sad development but not anything
Why is this development?
– Much is that they are half worn and want to rest up themselves. Livelihoods serve you in the club.
But Lindgren also think that it’s about values.
– Somewhere is a Swedish national team the finest thing you can represent. It is perhaps not so much about economics, but the honor and pride to play in a national team has lost on the road.
“is more to do”
He believes now that something must be done from above.
– There is a trend we must try to turn. There, the union has a job to do, to convey out that it is attractive to play and involves a pride. You get to start working with it already in the youth national teams. Get into that attitude. There’s more to do there.
The squad for the European Championship qualifiers against Latvia on October 30 charged on Friday. In January await World Cup in Qatar.
Jim Gottfridsson, the game engine that was moved out of Kim EDR’s place on vänsternio the World Cup qualifiers in June, is also not available for Latvia.
– He has pitched his injury, sighs Lindgren.
The question remains whether Kim Andersson makes national team comeback in the European Championship qualifiers after his long-term shoulder injury.
– He is our first choice. We are working hard and hope to have all the pieces ready to Friday says Lindgren.
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