MADRID, 11 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s handball team will play this Wednesday (8:45 p.m. / Teledeporte) their qualification for the World Championship at the end of this year, an objective for which they need not to fail against Austria, with whom they drew 28-28 in the first leg of the ‘playoff’, but which he will now receive at the Fernando Argüelles de Antequera (Málaga).
The ‘Warriors’ could not take a first step towards the World Cup, but they will have the support of the public in order to achieve the victory they need. They will not have to make any comeback, the best news after a first chapter of the match that left everything to be decided thanks to a goal by Katarina Pandza with five seconds to go. The tie would also be worth the national team if it is for fewer goals than the first leg.
Spain goes to one of its talismanic stages, since in the Andalusian venue it also sealed its tickets for the 2017 and 2019 World Cups. The fans will not fail them and will try to promote from the stands a team that will have to handle the fact of having Now theoretically more pressure than his rival, who must achieve the first victory in his history against the Spanish to win the pass.
“The team is very invested and focused. We know how important this match is and we have worked these days on the nuances regarding the first leg in Austria and the whole group has welcomed what we have proposed to them. It will be a complex match in which we are going to have to work very hard for 60 minutes”, stressed Prades in statements provided by the RFEBM.
The coach, who confirmed that he will be able to count on Silvia Arderius after overcoming the physical problems she was having, did not hide the importance of playing at home. “Let’s hope that the field factor is differential and feeling the warmth of the public will surely help us. We trust Antequera, its public, and our team to get a fundamental game forward,” he stressed.
And it is that for Fernando Argüelles to give this plus to the ‘Warriors’, the RFEBM has prepared a complete program of activities to make the spectators enjoy as a skills contest that will offer the possibility of winning exclusive prizes and a race between the participants that will allow them to take official clothing of the selection.