The Spanish women’s handball team beat Argentina this Wednesday at the start of the second phase of the World Cup (30-23) thanks to a great reaction in the second half of the duel played in the Arena Nord de Fredrikshavn (Dinamarca) to maintain the full number of victories on the way to the quarterfinals.
From less to more, Spain maintained the firm step that it already demonstrated against Brazil to prevail in a very physical duel but on track in time. The players of Ambros Martin They bit at the restart to match the intensity of an Argentina that made life very complicated for the Guerreras.
Down at the break
Spain left down at half-time (12-13) but after passing through the locker room, they blocked the Americans from the inside and, from defense, found their rhythm to add six points in Group 4.
The step forward in defense brought robberies and cruising speed in 15 minutes of second half that changed the script completely. Spain achieved a first comfortable lead of four goals (20-16), while the albicelete was suffering wear and tear.
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The game changed from top to bottom after the break. Spain began to impose its defense while Argentina left balls on the road in an income that continued to grow for the world runner-up in 2019.
Argentine combativity
Paulina Pérez and Silvia Arderíus They also signed a great step forward for the Guerreras who put an end to the doubts in one fell swoop, already managing a good cushion (25-19) that allowed the Spanish coach dose efforts.
The Argentine squad did not throw in the towel and, with a ‘Shula’ Gavilan stellar and a last push in defense, caught Spain off guard to close the gap to less than ten minutes remaining (25-21).
With a time out, Martín took it upon himself to remember the importance of every minute in the World Cup, already thinking about Czech Republic and Netherlandswhere another level up will take place to make a quarter-final that seems very close a reality.
The match sheet:
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SPAIN: Zoqbi (P), Spanish (P); M.Gonzalez, Arderius (5), So Thin (2), Perez Buforn (5), Tchaptchet (2), Echeverria (7), Fernandez (2), Arcos, Lopez (3), Gonzalez de Garibay, L.Gonzalez (1), Gassama (1), O’Mullony (2), Fields and Somaza.
ARGENTINA: Carratu (P), Rosalez (P), Cavo (2), Pizzo (2), Casasola (5), Dalle Crode, García (1), Campigli, Gavilán (8), Bono (1), Romero, Rivadeneira ( 1), Brodsky, Mendoza, Learreta, Gandulfo and Karsten (3).
2023-12-06 18:13:25
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