Spain, which went from less to more, defeated China this Sunday by 5-18in the premiere at the Doha World Cup, in which Miki Oca’s team went from less to more and showed their high level as world and European runner-up.
It was a match between old acquaintances. Miki Oca, the Spanish coach, won an Olympic gold in 1996 under the command of Joan Jané, now the Chinese coach. Jané’s assistant is Salva Gómez, Oca’s teammate and Jané’s former player, and the Spanish physical trainer, Ángel Andreo, also from that generation.
All of them met in Spain’s opening match in this World Cup, a match in which the world and European runners-up they were not comfortable from the beginning.
They could not play in transition, nor filter balls to their buoys and their scoring actions resulted from taking advantage of the superior actions (the first three).
Escape
Spain escaped with a 3-1 in the first quarter, but the Asians balanced (3-3) at the beginning of the second. From then on, Miki Oca’s They balanced their defense, were more precise in attacks and the game was closed.
China played further and further from the goal Martina Terré and Spain attacked with more and more fluidity. Thus they achieved a partial 0-3 to 3-6, with goals from Elena Ruiz, Paula Crespí and Paula Camus, the first from the buoy.
He even increased the distance a little more until half-time with two more goals, the first by Judith Forca, for 4-8, after a partial 5-2 for the Spanishwith which the match was practically decided.
A transition resolved by Ariadna Ruiz made it 4-9 and Sanfeng Nong, with a wrist shot, made it 5-9. In the final part of the third quarter is when Spain felt better. Maica García gave herself a backhand goal (5-10) and Ariadna Ruiz repeated in a counterattack action for the score (5-11). Paula Crespí with her fourth goal in the last action of the quarter put the maximum on the scoreboard (5-12).
In the final quarter, Camus took advantage of a superiority, Bea Ortiz started to walk her wrist and Spain closed the game with a final partial of 0-6 for the final 5-18. Spain’s next match will be this Tuesday against Greece.
2024-02-04 09:20:24
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