Batacazo without palliative. Spain, current world and Olympic bronze medal, goes home through the back door, before being able to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Croatia, Norway and Denmark.
The renewed Hispanicsin the construction phase, they crashed into Portugal (29-35), which aired all the deficiencies of this still green group: the lack of solidity, the absence of leaders who guide the team -disappeared the Dujshebaev, married, tarrafeta, Pérez of Vargas …-, and the little continuity given to the new values such as the Cikusa brothers, Ian Barrufet, Carlos Álvarez or Jan Gurri.
They have no excuse or the selection or their coach, Jordi Ribera: at the moments of truth, Spain has not been at the level, he has not been able to win a match against category selections such as Sweden (in extremis draw), Norway ( defeat) and Portugal (defeat). He had two finals to go to the rooms, and fell into the first.
Irregular start
Spain did not know how to consolidate the rent and the game of a good exit (4-2) and suffered to take off from a rival with very good credentials
After the defeat against Norway, Jordi Ribera started starting with news: with Sergey Hernández in the goal, with a 5: 1 defense with Ian Barrufet of advanced to short -circuit the circulation of Portugal, and with Ferran Solé at the end right.
And the proposal was not bad. Spain soon put 2 up, with the 4-2 married, playing with speed and fleeing from the static, but soon the matter was twisted: Barrufet received two exclusions in less than two minutes, and Portugal displayed good counterattacks to match the duel ( 6-6, at 10m). And he got ahead with another against Leonel Fernandes (6-7, at 12m).
Ribera’s next tactical movement was to entail on the right side to Djordje Cikusa (13m) and advance in 5: 1 to Dani Fernández, much more mobile. It went from pearls, because the end of Sabadell intercepted and went to the counter to return +2 (10-8, at 16m36s) and force Paulo Pereira’s first time. The Hispanics They came to leave 4 goals (12-8, m. 19, 13-9, m. 20) playing fast and with the progressive contribution of a Sergey Hernández who was singing (4 stops, 40%). They were his best minutes in the tournament.
However, Spain did not find the solidity or continuity in that 4-0 partial and received a partial of 0-3 that rebuilt the game (14-13) and returned the doubts. Ribera chose to change the right side, with the entrance of Captain Alex Dujshebaev, which he also placed from advanced by Dani Fernández. With the draw at 14, Salvador Salvador’s fourth goal, the Catalan coach decided to stop the chrono (m. 26) and look for tactical solutions in his indications. “In defense we must find our site again,” Ribera asked the gigantones.
To trompicones, after fit two more goals, the Hispanics They clung to 5: 1 and their bravery to go to break a goal above (16-15) with a hung from Dani Dujshebaev from field to the field executed in the air by Dani Fernández. Spain would have to twist again with agony, suffer and polish its magic to take the 2 points.
Second time
Spain came to win three goals (18-15), but it ran 10 minutes without scoring, fitted a 0-6 and fell in Barrena
After going as changing rooms, Alex Dujshebaev gave the reason to Ribera, by intercepting two actions and replacing the +3 in two vertiginous cons (18-15). The Spanish team worked very well to the race; He was only missing static game and defending better to stop Portugal. What was not easy. Los Pules, with an electric game of very good transitions, readjusted the score with flashes such as Quico Costa or Magalhaes (19-19, at 36m), which executed a partial of 0-3.
Spain did not find the way to impose its rhythm or its game, or to contain the Portuguese rush. With the 19-20 of Kiko Costa (37m40s), Ribera had to ask for time so that the game was not, and take out his genius, which so rarely emerges in public. “We cannot lose so many balls in attack, and I need you to defend again, balls,” the Catalan coach began to despair, who put Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas on the track looking for a revulsive.
The gap began to be alarming: Spain failed six attacks in a row, it stayed 10 minutes blank, the Portuguese rose to 0-6, and the disadvantage grew to three goals (19-22) in the absence of 17 minutes. He could only break the drought from 7 meters through Dani Fernández (20-22). He was urged calm, success, defense and patience, and a little leadership in such a gray and low profile group.
The minutes passed and Portugal remained firm, sustained by the Costa brothers (Martín scored 21-24), and Spain needed a wiggle, a shake that returned to the game. Ribera did not dare to resort to the magic of Petar Cikusa, or at the speed and efficacy of the extreme Carlos Álvarez, on the bench and entered the last 9 minutes with the water around his neck (23-26).
The situation became critical with two goals followed by empty goal for attacking without goalkeeper and rushing in attack, the result of despair and the emergency. On 23-28, a -5 in the absence of 8M16s, forced Ribera to ask for time and a last effort. “There are five goals, we are still on time, 9 minutes,” said Sarrià de Ter coach to the Hispanics.
Those last 8 minutes were a I want and I can’t. Portugal came to leave 6 goals (24-30), and in three cons, Spain nailed a part of 0-3 with many to the career of Ian Barrufet, Ferran Solé and Casado (28-31). 3 and a half minutes were missing. Would there be a miracle?
Paulo Pereira asked for time to avoid Spanish miracle. Hispanics defended man. He recovered, but Garciandía failed the possibility of putting on 2 goals. There Spain died, bleeding, desperate and starry at Diogo Marques (12 stops).
The reactions
Dani Fernández: “Hispanics always replenish and I know we will return. The spirit and claw have to continue there for the future “
At the end of the party, Hispanics expressed their disappointment and misunderstanding for how victory had escaped in a disastrous second part.
Dani Fernández commented: “We don’t like losing any. The excuse that we are young is not worth us. It has to serve us, all this that has happened to us has to assert as an experience for the future, it cannot happen again what happened to us here, to miss two key games in the last 20 minutes after dominating them. The Hispanics We always replenish and I know we will return. The spirit and claw of Hispanics has to continue there for the future, and hopefully many joys come. ”
We were doing a good game, we were defending well, we leave 3-4 goals up, and suddenly we threw the work well done by the board in a few minutes. I don’t know what is due “
And Agustín Casado added: “What happened to us the other day has happened to us again and we must analyze it. We were doing a good game, we were defending well, we leave 3-4 goals up, and suddenly we threw the work well done by the board in a few minutes. I don’t know what is due, but it has been an invoice. ”
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