Spain overwhelms Norway and makes history with its first World Cup final

The Spanish ladies's handball staff has made history this Friday in Japan by qualifying for the first final of its history of a World Championship after successful the almighty Norway 22-28.

Spain opened one other door, as in 2008, when it reached its first continental final, or in 2011, when it received its first World Cup bronze, or in 2012, with the Olympic bronze in London. And he did it with out contemplation and earlier than the rival that had choked him most, however to the one who lower the wings and ended up growing in a magical second half.

The nationwide staff overcame one other barrier and will now search for its largest success on Sunday towards one other stage enemy just like the Netherlands, Russian executioner (33-32) and that would be the final impediment to attaining a gold that carries an additional prize just like the direct olympic ticket.

Carlos Viver was very clear in regards to the recipe to cease the most effective staff, most likely of the 21st century and his gamers ratified it. The 6-Zero that had been damaged by Russia on Wednesday was a 'wall' of depth and mobility that disarmed Oftedal. With out his 'mind', the Norwegian positional assault didn’t work and when he did, the determine of Silvia Navarro emerged, 'plugged in' from the minute one and he threw the bolt with every kind of stops, a few of them of remarkable advantage.

However not the whole lot went via protection. The nationwide staff knew how one can assault with persistence and intelligence, and with that it eliminated its greatest weapon from the Nordics, its backlash, which barely appeared. With out his 'wings', Viver had warned that they could possibly be within the sport, however it was significantly better, due to the offensive inspiration led by Sandy Barbosa and Almudena Rodríguez, properly supported by Alicia Fernández when dealing with difficult moments.

From the start, Spain made Thorir Hergeisson really feel uncomfortable. The losses have been Norwegian and that allowed the 'Warriors' to have management of the semifinal. With Sandy Barbosa impressed and Silvia Navarro already leaving her mark, these of Viver opened the hole (6-10, min. 19).

Damaged match within the second half

However Norway, which was nearly a dozen minutes with out scoring, was not going to present concessions and was rearmed after a timeout, discovering the way in which of the aim via the ends, particularly Aune (4). The triple world champions got here to match, however didn’t get forward of the break (13-13).

The attainable worry that the damage of your complete championship and the depth of the first 30 minutes would take its toll on the Spanish disappeared immediately. Spain continued to maneuver and escape once more on the scoreboard (14-17, min. 36) earlier than hitting the final blow.

Silvia Navarro raised a wall in her aim when her teammates left some cracks and Almudena Rodríguez led an assault that lastly managed to attach with her extremes. Spain went 18-24 within the absence of slightly below 15 minutes and the dream started to return true.

It remained to be seen if the nerves might make an look as a result of managed Oftedal, the rival didn’t see aim, even from the 7 meters the place Darly Zoqbi additionally did his a part of the job. Alicia Fernández assumed accountability at a vital second with a double exclusion and the 'Warriors' didn’t let the highway to the grand finale escape.

DATA SHEET.

–RESULT: NORWAY, 22 – SPAIN, 28 (13-13, at relaxation).

–TEAMS.

NORWAY: S.M Solberg (p), Pedersen (p); Arntzen (2, 1 pen), Loke (2), Skogrand (3), Waade (1), Oftedal (2), Aune (5), SC Solberg (1), Brattset (1), Hogdahl, Jacobsen, Bakkerud , Herrem (3), and Tomac (2 pen).

SPAIN: S.Navarro (p), D.Zoqbi (p), L.Gonzalez, M.Gonzalez (1), E.Cesáreo, N.Pena (4, 1 pen), A.Barbosa (7, Three pen) , A. Fernández (3), A. Rodríguez (6), J. Gutiérrez, M. López (4), S. López (1), A. Hernández (2) and M. Etxeberria.

– PARTIALS EVERY 5 MINUTES: 2-2, 5-6, 6-7, 6-10, 9-11, 13-13 (relaxation) 14-16, 16-18, 18-22, 19-25, 20-27 and 22-28.

– ARBITRAS: V. Alpaidze and T. Bezkina (RUS). They excluded Arntzen, Herrem and Waade, for Norway, and A. Hernández (2), E. Cesarreo, L. Gonzalez and A. Rodriguez; for Spain.

–PAVILION: Park Dome of Kumamoto.