Handball: ''I want to be a leader'', notes Jesper Konradsson before PSG – Usam Nîmes

''I'm really not a player who plays alone. I need understanding, with the pivot and all that.'' FREE MIDI – MIKAËL ANISSET

Sunday May 19, at 5 p.m. hours in Coubertin, Usam Nîmes (6th, 30 points) challenges PSG (1st, 51 points) as part of the 28th day of Starligue. In the capital, the Green team will be able to count on Jesper Konradsson, its Swedish center-half.

Arriving in Nîmes in the summer of 2022 after a decade spent between Sweden, his native country, and Denmark, Jesper Konradsson, center half of Usam, has already mastered quite a bit the language of Molière. ''At my position, it’s important to communicate on the pitch'', analyzes the 29-year-old player.
Before challenging PSG on Sunday at Coubertin, the Swedish international (49 caps, until 2019) takes stock.

How does Usam approach this final triptych (PSG, Limoges, Nantes) ?

This match against PSG, we know it’s going to be really difficult. We have nothing to lose, even if I don't like to say that because you want to win every match. We have a good state of mind and we can get the 2 points. Before Nantes, we host Limoges where it will be the last match of certain players who had a big role in the team, like Benji (Gallego), who is at the end of his career. It's going to be a big party. We want to win this match for the guys who are going to leave and also seek 5th place, which is still possible even if it will be difficult.

''There hasn't been a match where the whole team was good at the same time&# 39;'

Why do you think the team has been so inconsistent this season?

After a good start and five victories, we lost Hugo (Kamtchop-Baril, pivot, knee injury). For example, I get off to a good start and then I'm not as good. Where Boiba (Sissoko) plays well. Afterwards, it was Quentin Minel who took the keys. There was no match where the whole team was good at the same time.

What player profile do you have?

I am not a player who plays alone. I really need some understanding, with the pivot and all that. I want to be more of a leader. In Skerjn (Denmark), I was captain. In the locker room, too, it’s important to be able to talk.

Under contract until 2025, what is your view on the future and the arrival of a new coach (David Degouy)& nbsp;?

I'm happy here, happy to be in Nîmes. As I said, I want to improve, take the role of leader for the team, accompanied by the others too.

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