Tokyo 2020 | Handball
Spain defeats Sweden after a strange match traced back in the final minutes to reach the semi-finals
One of the most talented generations in the history of Spanish handball earned his right to fight for the medals in one of the most unusual matches for Hispanics in recent times. And there are two data that support the appreciation: Spain conceded 33 goals and until minute 50 the goal accumulated 1! stop between Pérez de Vargas and Corrales. Something so unusually strange that the moment the man from Toledo touched three balls, he allowed the team to come back and end up defeating Sweden. Now waiting in the penultimate crossing the mighty Denmark, who got rid of Norway with sufficiency: 31-25
Sport does not understand charities or justice. You are worth what your last game is worth, and Spain brushed the disaster of going home in the quarterfinals for most of the game against Sweden. Being European champion does not guarantee you anything in the elite, especially in a sport as extraordinarily even as handball. What no one could assume is that the scriptwriter of the Olympic tournament was inclined to elaborate a strange and atypical plot.
The Hispanics seemed that they entered the meeting well this time. Mirage. And of the spectacular ones. The fluidity in attack was accompanied by a minimal defensive intensity. Unusual So much so that the players seemed unable to understand what was happening to them. Everything was highways for Sweden in the Spanish area. Playing goal swap with guys like the Swedes is not a good idea and it is a guarantee that your life will be severely complicated.
33
Sweden
Palicka (12 paradas y 1 gol) y Aggefor. Carlsbogard (3), Darj (1), Ekberg (2), Pettersson, Wanne, Frederick Pettersson (6), Claar (3), Pellas, Lagergren (2), Gottfridsson (5), Sandell, Lindskog.
34
Spain
Pérez de Vargas (6) and Rodrigo Corrales (0 stops). Gurbindo (2), Maqueda (1), Ángel Fernández (2), Raúl Entrerríos (5), Alex Dujshebaev (5), Dani Sarmiento (4), Julen Aginagalde, Adrià Figueras (4), Antonio García (2), Aleix Gómez (8), Guardiola, Sánchez-Migallón (1).
Scoreboard every five minutes:
3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 14-12, 17-15, 20-18.Referees:
The Germans Schulze and Tonnies. After a very good first part, they changed the way they whistled in the second, which makes them unable to run a tournament on the level of an Olympic Games. Bad. They excluded Lagergren (twice) and Darj for Sweden and Maqueda and Sánchez-Migallón for Spain.
The defensive bleeding was so deep that no one could find solutions. Neither 5-1 nor 6-0 were obstacles for the Nordics. Encouraged by the weakness of the Spanish wall, the inability of the goalkeepers to save balls due to the comfort of the throws and by the sporadic saves of Palicka, the Scandinavians traveled comfortably on their way to the semifinals.
Until the click occurred. And that was, simply, Pérez de Vargas’ second stop. It was on a twenty-foot throw. That action from Toledo generated a goal in favor, that Spain was three away when it was on the verge of mentally leaving the match and that the players saw everything differently. When the goalkeeper stops, the defense defends. The axiom par excellence of handball was fulfilled again.
There were just under ten minutes left, but the Swedes were overcome with fear along with a certain physical downturn. Just the opposite of Hispanics, who read the meeting perfectly. In a final five minutes full of intelligence and poise, and with Alex Dujshebaev once again taking responsibility for throwing, they ended up leading the Swedes to defeat and changing the story of a meeting that had a generation of talents on the wire. of elimination.
Before the Danes of Hansen and Landin the efficiency of Hispanics will have to change. And a lot. Another game played like the quarterfinal almost guaranteed your ticket on the return flight.
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