It was in yesterday's Bundesliga match against Erlangen that Rhein-Neckar Löwen's goalkeeper Andreas Palicka injured his right knee.
Today came the news that he will be gone for six to eight weeks, and thus miss the European Championship qualifiers against Romania and Kosovo.
"It hurts"
- It hurts and I am very bitter right now, he says to the handball national team's website, and explains what the injury consists of:
- It is part of one of the ligaments that has broken and it feels very sad that I will not be able to play for a while.
I have in no way excluded games in the World Cup, but it is also about getting back in good shape.
- Sometimes you come back faster, sometimes it takes longer.
His Swedish goalkeeper colleague Mikael Appelgren, who also plays for Rhein-Neckar Löwen, has already suffered a shoulder injury.
Palicka is replaced by Magdeburg's Tobias Thulin in the European Championship qualifiers, where Niklas Kraft (Ystads IF) has already been selected.