– Do not regret it – VG

– I do not regret. No way. It was very important to do it, even if it was done with an extremely heavy heart, Abelvik Rød tells VG.

On Monday came the message that the right-back will not join the national team for the world championships in Egypt in January.

– I have struggled with a wrist injury most of the fall. The hand is not as it should be, Rød told handball.no.

Six days later, he set the tone when Flensburg-Handewitt beat Leipzig 29-24. His teammate Hampus Wanne was the only one to score more goals than Abelvik Rød.

Thinking about the Olympics

It says that it is not relevant to turn around.

– Basically no. Now they’ve already brought in another right-back, so it doesn’t work anyway, he says.

– There will be an Olympic Games this summer, among other things. There will be many parties. That’s one small reason why I do it. The World Cup comes one way all the time, even if it’s bad to have to stop.

Last year, there was a fight around Rød’s teammate Gøran Johannessen in the WC. After Johannessen played one of the leading roles in Norway’s victory at the start of the World Cup, the Flensburg-Handewitt employer coach Maik Machulla joked on the club’s website.

– That he played 30 minutes already in the first game, it was a big surprise for me. I am very upset and disappointed with those responsible for the Norwegian team, said Machulla, and I thought that such an early charge was not good for Johannessen’s health.

The background was that Gøran Johannessen was out with a thumb injury for six weeks before the World Cup. In a training session the day before the opening game, he was declared ready to play.

Need peace and rest

Flensburg-Handewitt has several backup players, which means that Abelvik Rød & Co. had to put up with more or less the entire match.

– We knew it was the last game, so we entered with a “mentality” that we had to win today. We have very few defenders to rotate into, so we were on our feet for most of the game with the entire baseline.

The injury occurred in the Champions League match against the Polish Kielce.

– It’s to avoid having to press it all the time. They have said that it will heal a little on its own. It appears all the time, even if it is a short break. It is something that takes time.

– What is the treatment method?

– It is to avoid having to press it all the time. They have said that it will heal a little on its own. It shows up all the time, even if it’s a little break. It is something that takes time.

– So it will be bad with bench and push-ups?

– I haven’t been able to run a bank in six months. It would have been nice to go back and train the upper body as well. It will be a summer in 2021, laughs Abelvik Rød.

Bjørnsen devastated

Gøran Johannessen scored two goals for Flensburg, while Magnus Jøndal went goalless off the field.

Furthermore, national team goalkeepers Torbjørn Bergerud for Flensburg and Kristian Sæverås for Leipzig were in action at the settlement.

Flensburg leads the Bundesliga with 25 points after 14 games. Rhein-Neckar, who crushed Coburg 39-24, is second with 23 points after 15 games, while Sander Sagosens Kiel has 22 points after 12 games.

The Norwegian with the highest score on Sunday in Germany was Kristian Bjørnsen. He scored nine goals when HSG Wetzlar beat Essen 36-29. Magnus Fredriksen scored a goal for Wetzlar in the victory.