this Spanish water polo team will fight for the medal World Cups in Budapest this Wednesday, after confirming its classification for the semi-finals where it will be measured Croatiafor beat Montenegro 7-6 in quarterfinals.

A tight scoreboard reflecting the outstanding defensive work of both teams; Goalkeepers Dejan Lazovic and most importantly Spaniard Unai Aguirre came forward..

In fact, the goalkeeper was responsible for confirming the Spanish team’s victory and semi-final ticket after Bogdan Durdic’s final shot hit the crossbar and touched it lightly.

A final intervention allowing Aguirre, named best player of the matchend the fight with stop at 54 percent, after stopping more than half of Montenegro’s shots. He is a magnificent figure who made the lively duel of Unai Aguirre with Montenegrin goalkeeper Dejan Lazovic to decide in favor of the Spaniard, who made the Balkans reach the last moments alive with his interventions.

And this Whenever Spain had the opportunity to open a gap on the scoreboard, the figure of Lazovic emerged.The one who, with his endless arms, ended the possibility that David Marín’s men would spoil the competition once and for all.

With just over two minutes left in the third set, the Spanish team appeared in a position they could achieve. Three goals (6-3) lead on the scoreboard thanks to Sergi Cabanas’ goal.

But if this is the purest way to doom Spain to compete, then Lazovic’s saves were accompanied by goals from tournament Balkan team top scorer Bogdan Durdic. minimized the income of the Spanish team with two impressive whips (6-5).

A Durdic that not only shows that he has a strong arm, but that he has everything Fraud that Balkan athletes brag abouts, avoiding Bernat Sanahuja’s penalty kick in the final stages of the third quarter with a sneaky underwater touch. Triquiñuela, who found the middle of the returning Spanish team to be used with maximum defensive intensity at the beginning of the fourth and final quarter. A job that paid off in less than four minutes from Blai Mallarach to a goal (7-5) this put David Martín’s men one step ahead of the semi-finals.

However, there was still a lot to suffer for the Spanish team. He saw how Montenegrins once again reduced their disadvantages to minimum expression (7-6) with a goal by Kanstantsin Averka with one and a half minutes remaining.

Goalkeeper Dejan Lazovic seems determined to monopolize all the limelight with a brilliant save from Felipe Perrone’s shot, but nothing and no one can steal the hero poster from Unai Aguirre, who, with his last intervention, definitively sealed the victory of the Spanish team (7-6). The victory of the Spanish team, which is currently second in the world, Will try to repeat against Croatia next FridayHe advanced to the semi-finals by beating the reigning Olympic champion Serbia in the quarterfinals on Wednesday 14-12.

Data sheet:

7 – Spain: Aguirre; Munarriz (1), Granados (1), Larumbe (-), Famera (1), Tahull (1) and Perrone (-) -first team- Lorrio (ps), Sanahuja (-), De Toro (-), Cabanas (1), Mallarach (2) and Busts (-)

6 – Montenegro: Lazovic; Averka (1), Cuckovic (-), Popadic (1), Banicevic (1), Matkovic (1) and Petkovic (-) -first team- Tesanovic (ps), Mrsic (-), Vucurovic (-), Radovic ( -), Durdic (2) and Perkovic (-)

Partial: 2-1, 3-2, 1-2 and 1-1

Referees: Goldenberg (USA) and Colombo (ITA)

Events: The Budapest 2022 World Cup quarter-final match was played at the Alfred Hajos complex in the Hungarian capital.