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Shane McLeod: “This is the first time we have failed to meet expectations”

The Red Lions are entering the sixth edition of the Pro League with the firm intention of finding some color after the Parisian disaster during the Olympics. The New Zealand coach wants to introduce a new dynamic to a rejuvenated but very ambitious team as they begin this new cycle towards Los Angeles.


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By Laurent Toussaint

Published on 11/29/2024 at 3:54 p.m.
Reading time: 5 min


The frustration and disappointment of last summer seem to have been digested rather well. An essential and necessary mourning which allows us to open a new chapter. 119 days after the quarter-final lost to Spain in , the Red Lions begin the first stage of their new cycle towards the Los Angeles Games with a Pro League meeting in Amstelveen. Belgium will face the Dutch Olympic champions and world number ones as well as the German world champions. Four meetings scheduled in nine days to carry out an initial assessment of the work accomplished by Shane McLeod and his new staff since the resumption in mid-September. After the Olympic slump, the New Zealander decided to rebuild everything to aim for new titles. And for this, he overhauled everything: the philosophy, the organization, the group of players, the playing system, the collaboration with the clubs. And after several weeks of hard work, he draws up a first assessment of this reboot.



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