{"id":7117,"date":"2020-12-21T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7117"},"modified":"2020-12-21T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T15:44:50","slug":"president-milanovic-at-homecoming-of-womens-national-handball-team-you-played-smart-and-intelligently-thank-you-for-the-joy-of-playing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-at-homecoming-of-womens-national-handball-team-you-played-smart-and-intelligently-thank-you-for-the-joy-of-playing\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 at Homecoming of Women\u2019s National Handball Team:  You Played Smart and Intelligently, Thank You for the Joy of Playing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 took part in the homecoming of the Croatian Women\u2019s National Handball Team, winner of the bronze medal at the European Handball Championship in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the Republic had already congratulated the Croatian Women\u2019s National Handball Team on Sunday. This time he told them: \u201cDear players, dear coach, the last time that women\u2019s handball captured my attention seriously was in 1996 when \u201cPodravka\u201d was the European champion. After that \u2013 it wasn\u2019t good. I wouldn\u2019t be sincere if I\u2019d say that we followed handball prior to the start of the championship. The attention of the public and of politics is a sure thing when success comes\u201d, the President noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou played smart and intelligently. You were something between Odysseus and Achilles, neither the biggest nor the strongest, yet still the best, and against you were some <em>Cyclops<\/em> (\u201cKiklopi\u201d) who underestimated you enormously\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wishing the players and the coach Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, President MIlanovi\u0107 concluded his address by saying: \u201cThank you for the joy of playing because sport is first of all a game, love, passion, and then only a country and a nation\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The homecoming of the Croatian women handball players was held in the National and University Library. 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