The start of the men's handball league with Kermani derbies

Kerman- The men's handball premier league will start tomorrow, Friday, October 24, while the first week of this competition will be followed by the Kerman derby between Mes Kerman and Midco Faravar Zarand.

According to Mehr reporter, the 39th edition of Men's Handball Premier League will start on Friday, Mehr 24 with 5 matches; The first week has 2 derbies in Kerman and Isfahan.

The derby of Kermani province will be held between 2 representatives of the province, Mes Kerman and Midco Faravar Zarand, hosted by Zarandi.

Meanwhile, the first derby of the handball premier league will be held after many years between two teams from Kerman, which Mes Kerman claims that every year this league is looking to get a good position in the league this year as well.

On the other hand, Midco Faravar Zarand, which recently won the Premier League, now has many motivations in this league.

Hassan Jafari's students won the championship last season and were able to get permission to participate in the Premier League, and this year they are among the teams that, according to the head coach of this team, do not want to be easy opponents for their rivals.

This meeting will be followed from 16:00 on Friday 24 Mehr in the hall of Azad University in Zarand city.

2 teams started their recruiting process in the past weeks and followed up their preparation exercises.

We had a lot of changes and we have to coordinate

The coach of Mes Kerman handball team said in a conversation with Mehr reporter: "We started our training for a few weeks, we started the recruitment process, and due to the many changes we had, we have to be more coordinated."

Farid Alimoradi added about the contenders of the upcoming league: Teams like Sepahan and Esteghlal Kazeroon invested well in this year's league and have a high chance of winning the cup, and we also hope to be able to get on the podium.

The native captain of Mes Kerman handball team also said regarding the team's preparation process: We hope to perform well in the coming season and get good results.

Afshin Sadeghi added: About 70-80% of the team has been localized and we have also got new players and we hope to reach harmony soon and finally get good results.

We tried to provide the conditions for the growth of local handball players

The head coach of the Midco handball team, Faravar Zarand, told Mehr reporter about his team's preparation process: "We had good training recently and we recruited good players." Considering that this is our first year in the Premier League, we have problems and deficiencies that we need to fix.

Hassan Jafari added about the use of local players: We tried to use more of our own players from Kerman province. About 60% of players are natives of Zarand city, 20% are handball players from Kerman and the rest are non-native players; But in general, our goal is to create growth opportunities for the natives of the province to grow in this field.

In the end, he said about setting goals for the upcoming league: "In the first year, we don't look at the podium, and our best effort is not to be a simple opponent for the teams."

Jafari continued: Our goal is to identify the talents of Kerman province, especially the talents of Zarandi, so that they have a good opportunity to prove themselves to the country's handball.

The 39th season of Men's Handball Premier League will be followed on Friday, October 24 with 5 matches.