‘It takes Guerreras more than twenty minutes to wake up but they finally score

A situation that forces us to askBreak for Spanish coach Ambros Martín Asking his players to “wake up” and shake off the nerves inherent in the first game in any major competition.

And despite the astronomical distance between both teams, the ‘Guerreras’ 16-43 defeat of the Asians in their last match left Spain only winning 8-6 after the first twenty-two minutes of the game.

A short score that reflects better than anything else the ‘curse’ the Spanish team used to start the World Cup. Increase the stats of up to three goalkeepers Used by Kazakhstan in the first half.

Ambros Martín’s defense was slightly better, despite the surprising and disturbing 1-3 that appeared on the scoreboard after four minutes of play; Minimal focus was enough to leave the Asian team without scoring for thirteen minutes (8-4).

But the mistakes that the Spanish team continued to make during the launch, many of them very obvious, allowedKeeping the Kazakh team very alive (8-6) forced the Spanish coach to stop the game.

“Let’s wake up, put our nerves aside and play like we know how. Let’s make things easy and simple“, claimed Ambros Martín, who never lost his calm despite the unexpected score.

Words that resonated with the Spanish players as they found solutions to the offensive problems of center Kaba Gassama, who took advantage of his imposing physique. Convert every ball into a goal or penalty He took it at the six meter line.

A source that made it possible for the Spanish team to open a gap in the scoreboard, leading by six goals (14-8) at the break and finally allowing the ‘Guerreras’ to breathe.

Spain’s advantage definitely skyrockets in the second halfLed by Grand Merche CastellanosThe player, who made 9 stops, 2 of which were penalties, took a step forward in defense.

A development that allowed the Spanish team to unleash its rapid counter-attacking game with dribbling and scuffing in the first period and put an end to the competition once and for all.

Without Garibay’s Maitane Etxeberria or Amaia González, who were responsible for moving the scoreboard to the distance now between Spain and Kazakhstan, winger Mireya González, who scored five goals in the second half, extended the team’s Spanish advantage. as reflected in the final 34-17.

Data sheet:

34 – Spain: Zoqbi; Etxeberria (5), Alicia Fernández (2, 1p), Tchaptchet (2), Lara González (-), Arcos (1) and Sole López (2) -starting team- Castellanos (ps), Campos (1), Arderius (2, 1p), González de Garibay (3), So Delgado (-), Gassama (5), Paulina Pérez (3, 2p), O’Mullony (3) and Mireya González (5, 1p)

17 – Kazakhstan: Kolesnichenko; Mariya Pupchenkova (-), Radayeva (5), Jumadilova (-), Khardina (4), Rejemetova (4) and Mariya Sitnikova (1) -starting team- Aitenova (ps), Zhaparova (ps), Valentina Sitnikova ( -), Zvyagina (-), Seitkassym (2), Xeniya Pupchenkova (-), Khamitova (-), Kuandykova (1) and Khassanova (-)

Marker every five minutes: 2-3, 4-4, 7-4, 8-5, 10-6 and 14-8 (Other) 17-9, 20-12, 23-13, 27-15, 31-16 and 34-17 ( End)

Referees: Alenezi and Alnaseem (KUW). For Spain, they sent off Lara González and Tchaptchet for two minutes; and Khardina and Rejemetova for Kazakhstan.

Events: The match, which coincided with the first day of Group G, the first stage of the World Cup, in which Denmark, Norway and Sweden participated, was played at Arena Nord in Frederikshavn (Denmark).