‘Hispanos’ saved themselves with a great victory

This victory will allow the Spanish team, currently second on the continent, to continue to have confidence to qualify for the second stage of the championship.

Despite the improvement in the match against Croatia, something Nothing difficult considering the poor performance of the Spanish team Jordi Ribera’s men went against the Balkans without showing, at least from the start, the defensive solidity that has seen them on the podium in the last four international matches.

The question was whether the Spanish team’s defensive inconsistency was another consequence of the defeat in their first European Championship match or whether it concealed a more fundamental problem.

It’s a mystery that ‘Hispanos’ took almost nine minutes to solve, the time it took for the Spanish coach to change a formation more designed for running with his presence in defence. Abel Serdio and Agustín Casado On the sides, there is a much stronger scene with Jorge Maqueda.

Changes that saw the Spanish team improve from an uncomfortable 5-3 to a promising 5-6 in favor of the Romanian team, thanks to two consecutive goals from Aleix Gómez.

However, Jordi Ribera’s men will have to take another step defensively to contain the long shots of Fraikin Granollers full-back Iosif Buzle, the ‘Tricolori”s main attacking argument.

Buzle, Fraikin Granollers playerHe met his opponent with a strong Jorge MaquedaThis ‘dried up’ not only the Romanian gunner but also the entire Balkan team, which went almost nine minutes without scoring a goal.

Spain managed to break the game decisively with a 0-6 run and take a six-goal lead on the scoreboard (8-14).

Just as the Spanish team managed to establish their defence, goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, who had quintupled his stops throughout the entire match against Croatia, also reemerged in the counter-attacking game.

One aspect where young winger Dani Fernández stands out; He is the pioneer of the Spanish team, which entered the break with a five-goal lead (12-17) and dispelled any ghosts.

The Spanish team not only knew how to maintain their advantage, but also doubled their advantage in the second half, when the only bad news for the ‘Hispanos’ was the injury of winger Kauldi Odriozola, who could barely last a few minutes. He remained on the field for several minutes after suffering an ankle injury.

This setback did not affect the performance of Jordi Ribera’s team, who punished Romania’s efforts to play in attack with seven outfield players, led by Spaniard Xavi Pascual, with an empty net.

However, with neither seven nor six players, the ‘Tricolori’ could not prevent the victory (24-36) of the Spanish team, which saved itself from its first defeat in the championship.

Data sheet:

24 – Romania: Vasile; Nistor Ionita (4.2p), Grigoras (2), Dragan (2), Buzle (3), Constantina (-) and Nagy (3) -starting team- Iancu (ps), Ilie (2), Stanciuc (1) ), Militaru (-), Cumpanici (-), Racotea (-), Tarita (-), Dedu (4) and Ghita (3)

36 – Spain: Pérez de Vargas; Aleix Gómez (8, 3p), Casado (2), Dani Dujshebaev (3), Peciña (-), Serdio (3) and Alex Dujshebaev (4) -starting team- Sergey Hernández (ps), Maqueda (1) , Figueras (1), Garciandia (3), Cañellas (1), Morros (-), Tarrafeta (3), Odriozola (1) and Dani Fernández (6)

Marker every five minutes: 2-2, 5-4, 7-8, 8-10 and 8-13 and 12-17 (Rest) 14-19, 15-22, 16-26, 18-29, 22-33 and 24-36 ( End)

Referees: Lah and Sok (SLO). Constantina and Racotea from Romania and Tarrafeta from Spain were removed from the game for two minutes.

Events: The match, which coincided with the second day of Group B of the first stage of the European Championship held in Germany, was played in front of 13 thousand 293 spectators at the SAP Arena in Mannheim.

Javier Villanueva