Spain advances to the second round of the World Cup, breaking Chile’s resistance

Despite repeated insistence by Chilean players the previous day that they faced each other in the last day’s match. MontenegroThey’re the ones who will enable the South American team to achieve a historic classification for the second round of a World Cup.Spaniards‘.

Under the effective leadership of Erwin Feuchtmann, the Chilean team closed the first period with six goals, four of which were penalties, and gained an advantage at the beginning of the match. The lack of strength of the Spanish team (6-6) to indicate that they are not willing to give up surprise.

It was a rather complicated prospect for Aitor Etxaburu’s men, who had replaced Mateo Garralda, also a Spaniard, in the Chilean bench at the end of August. 4-0 run accepted in the next ten minutes.

But Sticking to the goals of the youngest of the Feuchtmann brothers, Chile also did not surrender. The interventions of goalkeeper Rene Oliva, who made 5 saves in the first half, protected the track.

Actually, the Chilean team slightly replaced (14-13) With just over six minutes to go, two goals into the empty net, taking advantage of a send-off from the Spanish team.

A difference that eventually resulted in three goals (18-15) passing through the changing roomsafter the interruption in the last minutes of the team Jorge Maqueda With two goals he once again opened a small gap for the Spanish team.

However, the great performance of Oliva, who started the second half on the same line, and the goals of Erwin Feuchtmann, the top scorer of the match, They allowed Chile to stay very alive in the match..

Young defender Matías Paya, who never lost sight of the defense difficulties of the Spanish team, who could never find the key to stopping Chile’s long attacks, also joined the duo in the following minutes. reducing the disadvantage to just two goals (23-21) in under a quarter hour for the result.

However, the fatigue of the Chilean team, which had to include important players such as Erwim Feuchtmann in the last minutes of the match, ended the surprise chances for the South American team, which started to make more mistakes than it should have. Bugs that made Spain unleash fast counterattacking play Positioning themselves with a five-goal lead (28-23) with nine minutes to go is a way the Chilean team can no longer resist. 34-26 finish.