“What we were champions was past, now we have to build history”
MADRID, 9 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The national handball coach, Jordi Ribera, acknowledged that he has a team in “construction” as demonstrated by the tight victory this Saturday against Poland, in the last test before the 2022 European Championship that starts next week.
“We are leaving Cuenca very happy for having been able to play these two very important games for the formation of the group before reaching the European Championship. We knew it was an important test, a team with physique and shooting capacity, although today it was the least difficult “, he said in statements provided by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation (RFEBM).
The ‘Hispanos’ coach recalled that being current double European champions does not matter when they make their debut in a new European on January 13 against the Czech Republic. “The game has been disputed, it has never been closed. We have had a few brilliant minutes, but also a few minutes of blackout, it is the symptom of the construction of a new group, that we need to adjust things,” he said.
“We will have to grow as the competition passes, knowing that from now on the mistakes we make can cost us dearly. Today’s result will make us reach the European Championship with that caution, maximum intensity and that we were champions was passed. Now we have to build the story from here on, “he added.
Spain was proclaimed champion of the 2022 International Tournament and is already thinking of a continental event that will be a “litmus test”. “The group has worked very well. It is important to generate experience, today’s game has been interesting to know that we have a long way to go. The correction will only come through the competition itself, which is what we have ahead”, He said.
“I am happy and excited because I believe that the team will compete as always. For the technicians it is also a litmus test. There is a toll on all changes and yet the group has had very good moments, it is necessary to have the continuity that It gives the competition itself, “he finished.