Spanish selection, with a place already won for the 2023 World Cup, On the penultimate day of the second qualifying round, he scored a fierce victory in Reykjavik. lets you follow group L’s solo leaderagainst an Icelandic who, despite risking some of their options to take part in this summer’s event, can’t stand triple their opponent.
It was managed by Luis Guil as the Spanish team played Virtus Bologna vs Sergio Scariolo this Friday. Controlled every moment of the match and it did so largely by backing up with a decent triple percentage (14 out of 25) that allowed the locals to take control of their first attempt to take the lead and their last move to force a tight finish.
Miquel Salvo, Top scorer with 18 points A team that saw Jaume Sorolla make his international debut.
Initially, the direction of Alberto Díaz and the numbers of Juan Núñez brought Spain to the fore, but Iceland stops feeding Triggvy Hlinason and Zaragoza center completed the elections after direct blocks (13-14, art.7).
Spain’s beautiful goal from the triple line from the c throwfive of his first seven shotskept him ahead. But when the locals added some hasty penetrations and a trio by Jon Axel Gudmundsson to their repertoire, they managed to re-engage (29-29, m.25).
Luis Guil took a break and called Rubén Guerrero in the middle of the area. Spain reclaims its bearing from Andalusia interior with six points in a rowpowered by a well-tuned Salvó.
In the last minutes of the first episode, Núñez’s return gave the Spanish team morale.the freshness it lacks to make a small gap before the break (33-43, m.20).
A few refereeing reviews slowed Spain’s pace and precision on the restart, and Iceland also took advantage of their multiple losses, despite failing to score fluently (46-53, m.28). But in the third quarter, five triples, with more space at the start and more trailing at the end, kept the Spanish team in control.
Spanish selection earned a reassuring income of ten points With three minutes left until Salvó’s three-pointer and then another action by Joel Parra, who made his debut as captain, Iceland lost their last hope.
Locals have already begun to think about a final day when they did not trust themselves to qualify. and that Spain will play their first final with Italy in Cáceres.
Data sheet:
61.- Iceland (19+14+15+13): Gudmundsson (11), Steinarsson (10), Thrastarson (3), Jonsson (6), Hlinason (13), Baeringsson (-), Bjornsson (10), Stefansson (2), Thorbjarnarson (2), Henningsson (2), Nathanaelsson (2) and Palsson (-).
80.- Spain (22+21+19+18): Díaz (8), Núñez (8), Salvó (18), Parra (10), Guerrero (8) -five starts- Sorolla (-), Bassas (3), Sergi García (3), Busquets (11), Pérez (4), Vila (4) and Alonso (3).
referees: Yılmaz (TUR), Matejek (CHE), and Straube (ALE). Not deleted.
events: The match corresponding to the qualifying stage of the 2023 World Cup, played in front of approximately three thousand spectators at the Laugardalshöll pavilion in Reykjavík.