The Spanish handball coach, Jordi Ribera, acknowledged, despite the victory (28-26) harvested this Thursday over the Czech Republic, that the Spanish team has to “improve a lot” in the face of the match that will face them next Saturday with Sweden, the current world runner-up.
“I am happy with the two points, because it has been a very difficult game, but the first game is always difficult in any competition. But there is a lot to improve in the face of the Sweden game,” Ribera said in statements released by the Spanish Federation.
A meeting in which Spain will play not only its options to access the second phase of the tournament, but also the possibility of paving the way to the medals and that, as the Spanish coach warned, will be “really tough.”
“Now it’s time to rest and recover for the next game with Sweden, which is going to be a really tough game,” concluded Ribera.
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For its part, the lateral Eduardo Gurbindo He acknowledged that despite the “good feelings” that he always lets start with a victory, the Spanish team must “improve things” after the long-suffering victory (28-26) achieved this Thursday over the Czech Republic.
“The feelings are positive for having won the game, but it is clear that there are things to improve, small details in defense in the matter of speaking and, above all, in the shooting, although it is true that his goalkeeper has played a great game” Gurbindo pointed out.
However, the Spanish player insisted on the importance of starting the European with a victory that should serve the “Hispanics” to gain “confidence” and grow game by game during the tournament.
“The most important thing was to start winning, take the two points and take our nerves off a bit and now from here on, go upwards, increasing our benefits and our effectiveness,” concluded the Spanish international
