Spain bronze. Hispanics repeat the worthy medal for the third consecutive world team championship, after those achieved at the Egypt 2021 and Tokyo Games. against Sweden It was a rebroadcast of the 2022 European final, Jordi Ribera’s men defeated the Scandinavian hosts in a two-way duel. The 22-18 range did not invite optimism, but in the second half an excellent Rodrigo Corrales and defensively with Adrià Figueras and Alex Dujshebaev leading the offensive, The Spanish team knocked out the Swedes to move up to third place on the podium.

With twenty thousand throats on the Tele2 coating, Sweden released the clutch and stepped on the gas fully. Glenn Solberg’s men did not give Spain a second in the half hour of the opening. Based on rapid transitions, they dispersed the tepid defense of the Hispanics, unable to close the road to the far left. There, Barça player Hampus Wanne is tired of tickling his teammate, an earthly Gonzalo. The Swedish player went to the dressing rooms with six goals on the statistics sheet.

Despite keeping their pulse on the scoreboard until 11-11, it was difficult for Spain to pull back after the score. Casado led and Solé and Ángel Fernández faced off on the flanks. I will specifically mention Joan Cañellas, who has a reinforced concrete arm to throw ten meters. But Tobias Thulin’s entry on the track changed the landscape for the Scandinavians. Goalkeeper lowers blind and Spain remains static. This, along with the fragility in the rear, paved the way for the Scandinavians (16-13), where Ekberg went wild in counter-attacks. Worse still, the two back-to-back expulsions of Maqueda and Sánchez Migallón did not help restore the back intensity that Jordi Ribera had demanded. The Catalan coach stopped the game at 17-14 and pulled the board. But it is not. Wanne continued to challenge Gonzalo and Sweden jumped 22-18 in the interim.

He changed the Ribera system, which was intrusive by nature. Spain took the lead 5:1 with Kauldi Odriozola leading and Rodrigo Corrales’s goal. The Galician player changed the dynamics with their intensity and it took six minutes for the Hispanics to make up for the first half disaster (23-23). Solberg asked for time after the opponent’s reaction, although the match was already different, now it was played at the pace set by the Spaniards. Adrià Figueras was confident in the six metres, while Alex Dujshebaev revealed Talant’s low back shots (30-33).

They were leading 32-35 in the last five minutes and two Swedish eliminations marked the final minutes of the game. Spain knew how to take advantage and score a 36-39 that kept it among the world handball elite.