MADRID, 4 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The women’s national handball coach, José Ignacio Prades, valued the “illusion” with which his team faces the 2022 European Championship since the debut this Saturday against Montenegro, one of the hosts, sure that the ‘Guerreras’ “will not they’re going to fail.”
“We have come a long way in preparation in which the sensations are positive and we are really looking forward to the start of the competition. We have to get rid of that usual nervousness before the debut and go out on the track plugged in from the first second,” he said in facilitated statements by the Royal Spanish Handball Federation (RFEBM), collected by Europa Press.
Prades pointed to the keys against the Montenegrin team. “Defensive work is going to be essential to control Montenegro’s strong points, which are many; you have to do a very serious and disciplined job and make very few mistakes, also in attack, not only at the level of losses, but also at the level of concentration and throwing”, he affirmed.
“Illusion is one of our values and something for which we characterize ourselves. We are going to face a rival who is going to come enormously motivated by the fact of being local and with a very warrior spirit, like ours, to try to win the three points. I am sure that ours are not going to miss their appointment, they are going to do a great job and they are going to be 100%, “he concluded.
In addition, Shandy Barbosa, one of the veterans in the locker room, highlighted Spain’s desire to “start” the European Championship and warned of the danger of a Montenegro that, in addition to playing at home, will thirst for revenge. “We’re really looking forward to starting this European Championship and we know it’s going to be a super complicated game, it’s a final, like every game in this group. The key is going to be defense and counterattack against a very difficult team and in a country that lives handball very intensely”, he said.
“They will also want to play against us after what happened in Kumamoto, but we have to follow our rhythm and impose our game to get the two points,” she added. Similarly, Jennifer Gutiérrez predicted a highly demanding debut, with the importance of each point.
“It will be a very nice match, but very complicated. There is no better scenario to start the Championship. Each match is a final and we know that each point counts a lot for the future. Winning would help us a lot to achieve our goal”, term.