Hispanics are measured notified to the hostess
Those of Jordi Ribera look for two key points against an Austria that already beat them in the EHF Cup
MADRID, Jan. 17 (SportsFinding) –
The Spanish men's handball team will face this Saturday (18.15 hours / Teledeporte) their second game of the Main Round of the European Championship, a key duel for their aspirations against host Austria, a growing rival and who already knows what it is to win does not do too much to the 'Hispanics'.
After premiering in the second phase of the continental tournament with a sober and clear victory by 31-25 against the Czech Republic, Jordi Ribera will have a very important meeting to strengthen the dream of the semifinals as they will meet the other rival together to Croatia that also happened with two points.
The Austrians, on the other hand, could not start this 'Main Round' with victory and fell, in what was their first game of great difficulty, 27-23 against the Croats, so their need is somewhat greater than that of the current champions, who would win the best way to pass the fight for the medals waiting to cross on Sunday with Belarus and on Tuesday with those of Lino Cervar.
However, a simple match for Spain is not foreseen, which will not only have to deal with the massive support that will have its rival Wiener Stadthalle but also with the confidence of Ales Pajovic, a good connoisseur of the national handball for his I pass through Ciudad Real, to beat the Spaniards as they did in April.
Then, in the new EHF Cup created by the European Federation so that the three hosts of this European and the Spanish team, as champion, did not play the qualifying phase, the Central European team took the victory in its pavilion by a tight 29- 28. Days later, the 'Hispanics' took revenge with a worked victory by 35-31.
The two parties serve as a warning for the national team to face this duel with the highest concentration, which comes to know the best virtues of its rival, mainly reflected in a dangerous front line that Croatia managed to stop with its 5-1.
And is that Austria has two sides, Mykola Bilyk, on the left, and Janko Bozovic, on the right, who carry the offensive weight of their own, especially the first, which already has 31 goals, almost eight per game. Beside him, the end Robert Weber also stands out.
Spain, where Ribera must decide whether to opt for the more traditional 6-0 or test with 5-1 to stop these players, must again have patience in attack so as not to crash before the rival's physique.
DATA SHEET.
–EQUIPMENT.
SPAIN: Pérez de Vargas (P), Corrales (P); Maqueda, Fernández, Entrerríos, A. Dujshebaev, Sarmiento, Aginagalde, Solé, Goñi, Figueras, Cañellas, Morros, Gómez, Ariño, Guardiola and D. Dujshebaev.
AUSTRIA: Eichberger (P), Bauer (P); Bozovic, Weber, Wöss, Posch, Frimmel, Dicker, Herburger, Zeiner, Zivkovic, Bylik, Wagner, Jochmann, Hutecek and Santos.
– PAVILION: Wiener Stadthalle.
– HOUR: 18.15 / Teledeporte.