this Spanish men’s team water ball He then reached the final for the seventh time in its history at the World Championship held in Budapest. beat Croatia in the semi-finals this Friday (10-5)and will call before Italy its third world gold.

flaunt with a solid defense and a star Unai Aguirre under the sticks -man of the match- David Martín’s team beat the current World Cup bronze medalist to reach their seventh final in championship history.

Now, 21 years after his last woundSpain will try to lift the third world cup (1998 and 2001) and try to make up for the final lost in the last edition of Gwangju 2019. Before them is a transalpine team (11-10) who have suffered to defeat Greece.

Alberto Munarriz led hostilities at Alfred Hajos pool on Isla Margarita, where Alex Bustos subsequently took advantage of De Toro’s service on the buoy to give David Martín’s men the first lead (2-1). However, the decrease in the density of defense in the following minutes He helped the Balkan team to gain the first advantage before the end of the first quarter (2-3).

After a shot blocked by Marc Larumbe, Blai Mallarach equalized with just a few seconds (3-3). Getting the Spanish response back on track In the second set, they were able to parry the attack of the current World Cup bronze medalist, failing to score with an extra man on all four occasions.

Currently second in the world and fourth in the Tokyo Olympics, he stepped up and confirmed his performance with two consecutive goals from Álvaro Granados after Felipe Perrone’s shot hit the crossbar. a 3-0 run which allowed them to come in with two goals difference at halftime.

Then the Unai Aguirre figure emerged to scuttle two new Balkan opportunities and drop some surprising numbers at the end of the third quarter: Spain conceded just two goals in ten deficiencies. Bernat Sanahuja’s two goals made it possible to command the lead before the final set (7-5).

Álvaro Granados and Blai Mallarach came very close to the victory (10-5) and this match was no longer in danger.. With this, Spain adds a new final to the final achieved three years ago and two of the last two Europeans.