The coach of the Dynamo men’s handball team, Javi Pascual, said that the goal in the new season is clear: to reach the playoffs of the Champions League.

Javi PascualPhoto: David Ramirez / Zuma Press / Profimedia

“I want to thank all the players who were in Dynamo last year, we worked very well together for this club. We started this season on July 21, the team is working very well, I am very happy with the players I have.

I think we have very big goals this season. The main task is to make it to the play-offs of the Champions League, and after that we will fight for all the titles in Romania. I think I have a very good team.

I think the team is ready, but it is very difficult for us to reach the Final Four. We respect big teams. I think that last season was very successful for us, because everyone now respects Dynamo a little.

I think that everything is possible in handball and in sports in general, but thinking about the “Final Four” now is a bit exaggerated. But why not? We have a big team, but the problem is that Barca is the same, PSG is the same. This is not a problem for Dynamo. For me, my team is the best team in the world. At the moment, I would not change the team” – Javi Pascual.

Also, news from the party was presented at the “Dynamo” CS: Ukrainian right winger Andriy Akymenko (KS-Azoty Pulawy/Poland), Belarusian center Vyacheslav Bohan (Motor Zaporizhzhia/Ukraine), Egyptian left winger Ali Zein (FC Barcelona), Brazilian center Joao Pedro da Silva (Angel Jimenez Puente Genil/Spain ), Czech right midfielder Stanislav Kasparek (Meshkov Brest/Belarus), goalkeeper Aleksandru Bucataru (CSM Bucharest) and Serbian game coordinator Lazar Kukic (Benfica).

“I am happy to be here, I will give everything I can to achieve our goals. There is nothing extra for Dynamo at the moment, we have a goal, and I think we will achieve it. It’s not easy to promise that we will go to the Final Four, but this is the most important game in the Super Bowl for us at the moment. You have to do everything step by step. Being in this big project from Dynamo is a new challenge for me.” said Ali Zain.