Salihi: "Tough to lie at home in a dark room"

When Alingsås received Sävehof in a final award on Tuesday night, Gzim Salihi was missing. He is away from the handball due to his third concussion, which he suffered two weeks ago.

- Today I feel perfectly okay, I can do things in the days, says Gzim Salihi.

Don't have any suites after the last one?

- Not so much. Sometimes in the evenings, if I've been watching a match, I usually get tired and get a headache.

Three concussions in just a few months. How did you take it?

- It's been tough. After the second concussion, I was gone for a month and a half without any training, so it was very hard to just lie at home in a dark room and not make a crap.

At tonight's final raffle, he didn't even have to be there.

- The physiotherapist thought I would be at home because of all the sound that is there. If there is a lot happening in the arena, I am affected, says Salihi.l

The 21-year-old completes the brainchild, rehabilitation after concussion, to recover. He hopes to be back soon. But it won't be a simple comeback.

- It will be unusual and a little scary. I will certainly not go too hard, as I have done before, because you are afraid of your head

Is it possible to get rid of that feeling?

- I think I can change my style of play and use my right arm to protect myself.

Salihi feels that the opponents are playing tough against him. Before the third concussion, in the meeting with Varberg, he felt that they were trying to hurt him.

- In our first attack, I felt that they wanted to play tough against me. From the first second I felt they were going to hurt me. I jumped from twelve meters and he was at eight meters, and I saw the defender come towards me with two arms.

He would like to see something happen in the rulebook to prevent more concussions in the handball.

- A rule change, that one must not cover forwards. Handball should be physical, absolutely. But physically in a nice way.