On Monday evening, got 25-year-old telephone from coach Thorir Hergeirsson. He wondered if she would be with the World Championships in Denmark in December.
– I was completely taken by surprise. I had to ask if he was serious. When he answered yes, I started to cry, says Tomac whose parents from Croatia.
– What are you thinking now?
– There are still very unreal. I feel very fortunate and are very happy. All I have laid down, have yielded results.
Describes himself as a tactical player
Marta Tomac taken out for the World Cup in handball Photo: Per-Kaare Sandbakk / NRK
The reverse Pill guy is thus championship debutant along with Vilde Mortensen Ingstad from Oppsal IF Handball and Stube Ruscetta Skogrand from Tertnes.
Norway women’s national handball team consists of many established star players, but 25-year-old, who describes himself as a tactical player, says she is going to take the chances she gets.
Tomac has played in Byåsen, Selbu and Utleira before she came Kristiansand and Vipers before this season.
– Norges wisest player
Vipers coach Gunnar Pettersen think Marta Tomac could go straight into the national team. Photo: Teigen, Trond Reidar / NTB scanpix
In Vipers she has former national coach for men, Gunnar Pettersen, who trains.
He says Tomac, who he describes as Norway wisest balusters, can fill the hole Karoline Dyhre Breivang left behind after she let up.
– She can go straight into an attack range while you get a good defensive player in the middle. She is a complete player with good leadership skills.
– It’s a feather in our cap Vipers this?
– Yes, this shows that over the Vipers are on the map in the grandest, says Pettersen.
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Marta Tomac has been very good for Vipers Kristiansand this season. Now she is included in the World Cup squad of the national team. Photo: Sander Heggheim / NRK
Lunde wreck
But there was another player with ties to Vipers who stole the headlines when the squad was presented Tuesday morning.
Teams Head Thorir Hergeirsson discards namely goalkeeper veteran Katrine Lunde from Kristiansand to VM in December.
Wreck None of EM, VM and Olympic champion has shocked many. TV2 says Katrine Lunde that she is disappointed and surprised outlet.
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