The Spanish women’s handball team began its journey in the Spanish International Tournament. In Torrevieja, the deadline before the start of the European Championship, the Warriors beat Tunisia with a clear 39-29 win in a game that the Warriors couldn’t break until the second half.

defense by identity

Lasting a few seconds and thirty minutes, Spain remembered the team that was intense and fast on defense in the transition match that advanced to the semi-finals of the last world championship. The typical feature of the Spanish team was completely absent in the first half, when José Ignacio Prades’ 5-1 bet on defense could not have gone worse.

Warriors suffered in the first half but won Tunisia on solvency Manuel Lorenzo/EFE


And this Spanish team nor was he able to steal the ballShe was not able to prevent the Tunisian attack, as she was the target with the presence of the electric Alexandrina Barbosa in the forward position.

A problem exacerbated by the Spanish coach’s decision to keep the defense at 5-1 despite the North African team’s attack with seven outfielders.

Fixed numerical superiority that Tunisia didn’t waste to link with the pivot Almost three goals in a row, Rakia Rezgui scored an unexpected score (10-10) after twenty minutes of play.

However, the Spanish coach has not changed in this way, he wants to take advantage of every minute to make the most different tests. For Europe, it will start next Friday in Slovenia, Macedonia and Montenegro.

Changes

A defensive change less than eight minutes before the time-out is sufficient time For Spain to reorient the situation and score five goals ahead (16-11) on the scoreboard.

At the moment when Spain took refuge in their 6-0 defence, on their last success, Prades began blocking all avenues to a Tunisian team with seven aways that was no longer useless to attack. players. The dynamics that stood out at the beginning of the second half, Spain have finished adjusting their defense with the departure of veteran goalkeeper Silvia Navarro, who will eventually be named player of the match.

Coach tests new defensive and offensive strategies for the next Europe Manuel Lorenzo/EFE


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With Silvia Navarro at full capacity, the women of Prades definitively broke the match after placing themselves with eight goals (24-16) that didn’t stop growing.

And he suspects that the “Guerreras” have managed to forget, as Spain showed another problem on offense with seven players based on defense and speedIdentity signs you must not give up if you want to do a good job in the next Europe.