The Israeli national team pivot, Tomer Bodenheimer, made another leap forward in his European career today (Wednesday): The player, who started the season at Mecklenburger Shtira from the third division in Germany, signed today in Zurich (GC Amicitia Zürich) from the senior league in Switzerland (already playing Adir Cohen and Yahav Shamir) Vice Champion Winterthur). Bodenheimer is expected to be introduced on Friday in his new team, which will meet champion Schaffhausen on Friday (the Israeli derby against Cohen and Shamir will be held on Sunday).
Bodenheimer, who grew up at Hapoel Ramat Gan and took off for Europe last summer after a season at Maccabi Rishon LeZion, is a senior in the first round of the youth team project in Germany. He served as captain of Israel’s reserve team at the last European Under-20 Championships, and is on the national team next month. -9 and 11) against the Lithuanian and Icelandic teams in the European Championship qualifiers in Tel Aviv.
The Zurich team is one of the most decorated clubs in Switzerland, winning 5 championships in the late 1980s and the first decade of the new millennium (the club itself was founded in 1931, and the handball team is now part of the largest club in Switzerland – Grasshoppers Zurich, as part of a reunion. Grasshoppers previously played Chen Pomeranz Before his move to the German Bundesliga).
The team is currently in ninth place in the table, and a few weeks ago made a change in the position of coach and signed Peter Herzovets, who previously played and coached the reigning champion Schaffhausen and participated with it in the Champions League.
Bodenheimer: “At the beginning of the season I moved to Mecklenburger Shira in Germany with the aim of getting better and exposing myself to higher levels in Europe. The third league in Germany was stopped due to the Corona restrictions imposed in Germany, and the period after was a very big challenge for me, especially mentally. , I received an invitation from Zurich to be impressed. The professional team impressed and signed me until the end of the season. I am very happy for the opportunity to play in Zurich. This is for me a leap I was looking to make. I feel great in training and impressed by the club and team. I hope I can contribute to the team and help it reach its goals “.
Meanwhile, the handball association is eagerly awaiting the government’s decision today regarding the extension of the closure, and hopefully a decision that will allow the exclusion of leagues and the resumption of activities as early as this weekend. The hope is that it will be possible to hold the 12th round games in the Premier League already on Friday. The absurdity is that after the petition to the High Court, the State Attorney’s Office was supposed to present on Monday the positions of the Ministries of Health and Sports regarding the decision not to return the handball, while renewing the senior football and basketball leagues. Last night, the State Attorney’s Office requested another extension. .