- Half the first six have recently gotten out of bed.

I can not play them twice for 30 minutes.

The question is if I can play them twice for 10 minutes, the Norwegian tells VG.

- I am worried about having to carry out the championship with players who have just been ill, but feel that we have no choice.

The distance down to other players is too great.

And we are not alone.

Hungary, Romania and several other countries have players who have recently been ill.

Most of our players got a slight covid-19, but some had it pretty tough.

MORE HANDBALL: Axnér before the European Championship premiere: "We do not know everything we want to know"

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Tomas Axnér before the European Championship premiere Photo: Bildbyrån / Rörligt SVT