Almudena Rodríguez tries to make a shot against the opposition of two players from Montenegro. /
Handball
The Spanish women’s handball team lost (30-23) yesterday against Montenegro its debut in the 2022 European Championship, a start at the Moraca Sports Center in Podgorica against the host in tow always and with the shock of Silvia Navarro’s injury before of the break, which gripped the Spanish game even more.
To the always complicated debut in a big event, the ‘Guerreras’ could add doing it in hostile territory, with much at stake in each match of a powerful Group D. Nerves and inaccuracies took over the first act and, the captain’s injury , left a bad body that undoubtedly did not help the reaction in the second half Spain will have to bring out its fighter gene to take flight from Monday on the second day of the first phase against Poland, in search of points and the pass to the main round.
30
MONTENEGRO
Rajcic; Radicevic (5, 2p), Malovic (4), Raicevic (3), Jaukovic (5, 1p), Pavicevic (3) y Brnovic (4) -equipo inicial- Batinovic (ps), Kadonic (-), Pletikosic (-), Godec (-), Bulatovic (-), Popovic (-), Corovic (-), Alivodic (3) y Grbic (3)
23
SPAIN
Navarro; Fields (4, 3p), Almudena Rodriguez (-), Tchaptchet (1), Gassama (1), Barbosa (5) and Sole Lopez (1p) 3), Etxeberria (1), Lara Gonzalez (2), Spugnini (-), Espinola (-), Valdivia (-) and Arcos (3).
Partials:
3-0, 5-1, 6-3, 8-4, 11-7 and 12-9 (rest); 15-10, 18-12, 20-14, 23-16, 27-21 and 30-23 (Final).Referees:
Ana Vranes and Marlis Wenninger (AUT). Jaukovic, Raicevic and Kadovic were ruled out for two minutes for Macedonia; and Gassama (2) and Spugnini, by Spain
The Bera Bera Arrojeria, Etxeberria and Arcos players came off the bench and contributed six goals in total.
