Gergő Iváncsik likes the Spanish style

Hungarian national team completed the object; they ended at the 8^th place in the World Cup in Spain. Four players from Veszprem made the team stronger. László Nagy, Gergő Iváncsik, Timuzsin Schuch and Gábor Császár took part in the World Cup which ended with Spanish gold medal-thanks to the fantastic saves of Áprád Sterbik. Gergő Iváncsik put the national t-shirt on at first in 2000. Since then he has stepped onto the field in all big competitions where the Hungarian handball team had been qualified. In Spain he played all the 7 matches and he contributed to the national team’s success with his 16 goals.

Headmasters of the Hungarian Handball Federation expected us to get into the 8 best teams, officially. We, the players, would like to achieve a better result but if I look back to the happening we could not be dissatisfied with this result. If we had had a little fortune, we would have ended in better position. But it did not manage.

Did the Spanish World Cup bring a significant change in technical aspects?

More and more teams operate with fastbreaks after the goals, but a few teams did it before. The other one is that teams attacked for a relatively long time against organised defence, and they tried to utilize their chance for scoring a goal. It was not characteristic that they shot the ball after some passes.

How do you appreciate your performance?

I was not satisfied with myself, again.

Is this the cause of your temporary cancelling for the national team membership?

Perhaps it is better that I discussed Lajos Mocsai, the head coach of the national team, that I need a little break. I will come back after a year, if the national team needs me.

Did you tired of 13 years?

It is not that, rather which it did not manage to synchronize my tasks in the national team and in my club and it has set back my form. When I went to the national team, I was in good form, but I was not able to spur up, and when I went back to Veszprem I was in lower level than before. I always look into myself and I search the faults in my performance at first so now I do it in the same way. Therefore I asked for a 1 year break in order to have time to order these things in myself. I am only 31 years old and I would like to play in the national team several times, but I feel that it will be better if I skip the next European Championship. Now I need this rest.

After a successful performance in the Champions League in autumn what can the spectators expect from the team?

After the world events it is not easy to get back to the previous track, mainly due to the lack of time. I hope we can get pleasure surprises to people who clamp for us. We would like to continue the international appearance in this year like we left it off last year. Luck will play a big role because it is not all the same which team we will get after the draw. But apart from this, there is such a good team in Veszprem now which is able to achieve big successes.

How did you get by the personal changes, because the team become Spanish a little bit?

I was extremely well covered. I had almost the same feeling as if I had transferred to a new team. I like this style mint and work which the Spanish players and coach brought.

Istvan Darcsi

Transleted by Gergő Aranyi