The Spanish handball team closed its performance in the Golden Leagueafter falling this Sunday for 31-29 before the hostess Norwayin a match in which, despite the adverse score, left more positive news than negative.
Starting with the outstanding performance throughout the tournament of the center back Agustín Casado or the step forward taken by the winger Imanol Garciandia, without forgetting the unbeatable sensations left by the young Jan Gurri and, above all, the brothers Petar and Djordje Cikusa.
Arguments all of them that They were not enough to defeat a Norwegian team who asserted a defensive aggressiveness in the final quarter of an hour that choked the Spanish players.
Despite the friendly nature of the contest, it was clear from the call that The Norwegian team faced the event ready to take revenge of the defeat suffered last January against the “Hispanos” in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Poland and Sweden.
As was clear with the rest that the Norwegian coach Jonas Wille granted to key players such as Sander Sagosen, Magnus Rod and Magnus Gullerud in Saturday’s clash against the Netherlands, which cost the Nordics the defeat (33-37), so that they would arrive fresh for the match with Spain.
A break that could not have suited the Norwegian superstar better, a highly motivated Sander Sagosen, who scored four of Norway’s first five goals, who despite the spectacular start of the Kolstad player could not distance himself (5-5) on the scoreboard.
And if the Nordics can boast of the wide catalog of offensive resources that Sander Sagosen handles, The Spanish team can boast of its defensive solidity which players like goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas provide.
The Spanish goalkeeper was in charge of breaking Sagosen’s scoring streakwho would not score again until the final moments of the first half, after saving two penalties against the Norwegian player.
But all The good defensive work of the ‘Hispanos’ had no correlation in attackwhere despite the quality touches of Agustín Casado, very in tune throughout the tournament, Jordi Ribera’s men failed to provide the necessary fluidity to their offense.
A traffic jam that condemned Spain to almost eight minutes without scoringa burden that would have cost any team a severe correction, but not the Spanish team, which, clinging to its defense, and, above all, to the stops of Pérez de Vargas, stayed afloat (7-5) in the scorekeeper.
Interventions that little by little were diminishing the Norwegian team, which at the moment they were left without Sagosen’s goals was completely diluted, which allowed the ‘Hispanics’ turn the score around with a partial 0-5 which placed them with an income of three points (7-10).
A difference that ‘Hispanics’ did not know how to preserve in a final stretch of the first half in which the right back Magnus Rod, another of the stars who rested on Saturday against the Netherlands, took over from Sander Sagose in the scoring chapter to put the scoreboard with his imposing whips (13 -13) when the break arrives. A break that could not have been better for the Spanish team, which, led in attack by Agustín Casado and Imanol Garciandia, took a three-goal advantage (16-19) that it maintained (19-22) until almost halfway through the second half.
A moment in which the Spanish team began to suffer from the numerous exclusions with which it was sanctioned in the second thirty minutes, the complete opposite of Norway, which found no limit to its increasingly aggressiveness. Circumstance that allowed Norway to equalize the contest (25-25) with less than nine minutes left, which at times became a one-on-one between the Spanish Agustín Casado and the Norwegian Magnus Rod.
The Norwegian responded to each goal or assist from the Spaniard with a goal.a give and take that was interrupted less than three minutes from the end when Spain, threatened with liability by the referees, lost the ball.
A passive game with which, however, despite its offensive doubts, The Norwegian team was not punishedwho not only took the lead (29-29) with a goal from Magnus Rod, but also made sure to play with numerical superiority in the last two minutes due to the exclusion of Dani Dujshenaev.
Insurmountable burden for a Spanish team that He completed his defeat (31-29) with a penalty goal from Alexandre Blonz with the clock stopped after a final red card to Imanol Garciandia, which does not tarnish the good feelings for the future left by the “Hispanos”.
Datasheet:
31 – Norway: Imsgard; Bjornsen (1), Rod (7), Overby (2), O’Sullivan (-), Sagosen (9) y Barthold (-) -equipo initial- Saeveras (ps), Aga Eck (-), Jakobsen (-) , Toft (-), Tonnesen (1), Gullerud (3), Grondahl (1), Gulliksen (1) and Blonz (6, 4p)
29 – Spain: Pérez De Vargas; Aleix Gómez (4, 1p), Garciandia (4), Casado (5), Gurri (2), Dani Fernández (2p) and Gedeón Guardiola (1) -starting team- Sergey Hernández (ps), Peciña (2), Ángel Fernández (1), Solé (2), Sánchez-Migallón (-), Chema Márquez (-), Dani Dujshebaev (2), Odriozola (-), Djordje Cikusa (1) and Petar Cikusa (3)
Marker every five minutes: 2-2, 5-5, 7-5, 8-10, 10-11 and 13-13 (Rest) 15-1 7, 18-19, 22-24, 24-25, 27-28 and 31-29 (Final)
Referees: Maike Merz and Tanja Kuttler (GER). Spanish player Imanol Garciandia (m.60) was sent off with a straight red card. In addition, Rod (2), Gullerud and Blonz were denied two minutes for Norway; and Peciña (2), Gideon Guardiola, Gurri, Sanchez-Migallon and Dani Dujshebaev, for Spain.
Incidences: Match corresponding to the third and final day of the Golden League played at the Sotra Arena in Straume (Norway).
2023-11-05 20:24:53
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