RIGHT WINGS OF RED WOLVES

Day two of the final preparations in Belgium, and today too we are working hard ahead of the first World Cup match this Friday. 

Also today, we introduce players to you, the Right wings. Pierre Brixhe plays at HC Visé BM. The young Red Wolve stuck his nose to the window for the first time during the World Cup qualifying campaign. His eagerness and hard shot typify him. Ilias D’Hanis is one of three players of the selection formed in the club of Waasmunster. He played for several BENE-League teams like Handbal Tongeren and Hubo Initia Hasselt and now being the right wing of Sezoens Achilles Bocholt.

BELGIUM 18 – 29 POLAND

The Red Wolves were unable to stunt against host Poland in Katowice on Friday night. Halfway through the match, the score was 9 – 12 in Poland’s favour. In the beginning of the match, the Belgians weren’t alert enough. Afterwards, defending improved and coach Sylla switched to his recipe for success with 7 players without a goalkeeper.

In the second half, the Belgians struggled against a physically stronger opponent with many substitution options. Towards the end of the match, three games in as many days started to weigh on.
With two wins and one defeat, the Red Wolves can look back on a successful preparation tournament. Saturday they return home, Sunday they have a day off and from Monday the final straight towards Malmö will start at Elewijtcenter.

BELGIUM 35 – 31 IRAN

After beating Morocco on Wednesday, the Red Wolves did the same to Iran tonight. Belgium went into the dressing rooms with a bonus of two goals. Halfway through the game, it was 18 – 16.

In the first half, the Belgians easily distanced themselves from Iran who managed to mitigate partly through ball loss by the Red Wolves. The second half had an almost identical scenario. The Red Wolves ran out 10 goals after which the foot momentarily took off the accelerator and Iran came into the game a little more. But victory was never in danger. 
On Friday night, the Belgians play host Poland.

LEFT BACKS OF RED WOLVES

Today the players are back at Elewijt Center, their regular base of operations. Today they are putting the finishing touches to their preparation towards the World Handball Championship that starts later this week.

The players we introduce today are the Left backs. Quinten Colman is one of them. Colman is like a block of granite, a young rock who can stand his ground quite well. He plays in France at Dijon Métropole HandBall. The second Left back we introduce to you is Sébastien Danesi. After a foreign adventure, he returned to his roots at HC Visé BM this season. The most famous Left back is probably Jeroen De Beule, aka the handballing Fellaini.  Apart from his hairdo, his eagerness and his never-ending style of play remind us of the former Red Devil. Jeroen plays at Sezoens Achilles Bocholt. We also have a fourth Left back and that is Joris Gillé playing at Bevo. During the barrage matches against Slovakia, he took the group in tow on several occasions, as he did during the qualification match against Croatia.