A complete defensive disaster condemned the Spaniards in their first match

Therefore, it is now time to beat Romania and Austria to advance to the next stage, but unless the former Yugoslavs fail we will not get any points. And this means: practically no right to judge Maintaining theoretical semi-final options with opponents such as France, Germany, Iceland or Serbia.

The Spanish’s first half of defense was disastrous and the second was even worse. With a rather bankrupt 6-0 scoreline opening the second or third Balkan exchange, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas and then Sergey Hernández found themselves helpless against constant close-range shots from six metres, whether from the center or from the ends. .

And to add to the bad news, Iñaki Peciña was sent off after four minutes, followed immediately by another defensive specialist Miguel Sánchez-Migallón crying bitterly He sees that the European Championship may be over for him. What will Jordi Ribera do? Will he call on Jan Gurri against Romania or will he call someone urgently?

The start was a succession of relatively simple goals by the Croatians and heavy attacks by the Spaniards, which caused the first break in the 5th minute (1-4). He took second place in the 13th minute with the score remaining 5-10.. There Ribera decided to shake up the game by attacking with seven players.

Offensively he did this with a clear improvement, as Imanol Garciandia scored three goals in a row to halve the maximum Balkan advantage. From 6-12 to 10-13 it also coincides with the presence of senior Joan Cañellas.

But the defense continued to leak and he found himself facing two very strict penalties, especially the second penalty for an invasion by Ángel Fernández. The important thing is Tin Lucin did not forgive the last attack of the first half, which ended 14-18. Conceding 18 goals in 20 minutes is unacceptable. Is it time for a 5-1 defense with forward Kauldi Odriozola?

Spain could not do this when he returned from the locker room, and while continuing their attack without a goalkeeper, he made a ‘pivot’ contribution with Dani Dujshebaev and Abel Serdio. Poor attacks, rushing and an empty goal resulted in two goals An increasingly worrying 14-22 forced Ribera to call a timeout In 34 minutes.

It was all in vain. An excellent Cindric played with the defensive variants of the Spanish team He slowly lowered his arms as his disadvantage increased. It didn’t matter how good the defense was because every attack by Croatia resulted in a goal. All!

The score of 23-33 with 13 minutes left indicated that the game was lost and there was a margin that would force the team in the event of a hypothetical second-stage tie; This was more than possible. So much so that Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas became the only stop for the Hispanics, four minutes before the end. The result says it all. 29-39. It’s time to recover and think about Xavi Pascual’s Romania.