Criticism of Captain Uwe Gensheimer

With his outburst, which indicated a lot but explained nothing, Uwe Gensheimer did the handball national team no favors. The captain of the DHB selection has sparked the next debate about himself.

“Cheekiness!” Uwe Gensheimer made it clear again on Monday evening. However, the captain’s strong expression did not refer to the analysis of the 23:23 against Poland, with which the German handball players had ruined the end of the World Cup to the best of their ability. It was about a different pitch that Gensheimer had opened himself: with those strong words that he had chosen two days before, after the 31:24 win against Brazil on Saturday. Gensheimer spoke of “envy” and “resentment” on the ZDF microphone, and because it seemed to come out of the blue, Gensheimer’s outburst caused astonishment and guesswork. Who or what did he mean? Was there a conflict within the team? Finally, Gensheimer had hinted at “some people” and raised an obscure suspicion in the room: “I do not know whether it is due to the club membership.” On Sunday, the German Handball Federation (DHB) published a statement in which this clearly denied has been. However, it remained open to whom or what Gensheimer’s murmur could have been directed.

We have known since Monday that everything was much easier: Gensheimer had watched TV before the Brazil game and was apparently quite angry. In the “Sportschau” a report ran on Saturday in which the game against Spain on Friday evening was looked back, the defeat after which the Germans were practically eliminated. “Gensheimer, a captain without a leadership role”, it said, first it was about the sporting performance of the left wing, lack of strength and failing nerves, then a question of style: Gensheimer had the question of why the Germans no more goal in nine minutes was successful, the answer was personalized to a certain extent: “(…) Juri (Knorr) was thrown into the deep end a bit. He made two outstanding attempts, then two bad passes, he is of course forgiven. “