MADRID, 29 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s handball team defeated Egypt (34-23) this Saturday with a choral performance by the entire team on the second day of the XXV International Tournament of Spain, and added its second victory in the preparatory tournament for the 2022 European Championship .
The ‘Guerreras’, led by Paula Arcos, who was chosen as the best player of the match, will say goodbye to the Alicante town this Sunday with the clash against Switzerland (1:00 p.m.), also undefeated, before heading to their European event.
It was difficult for Spain to take control of a game in which they stood strong in the first five minutes (5-1). Egypt, rocky, shook after taking advantage of several errors of the Spanish attack and tightened the score (6-4). Although it would not take long for José Ignacio Prades’ ensemble to grease its machinery.
Sole López and Paula Arcos took advantage of the stops made by Mercedes Castellanos with their speed and the hard work of the defense, aggressive, itchy with the 5:1. A run of 3 goals put Spain in clear advantage (12-6) and stopped the good moment of the Africans, who barely scored a goal in 15 minutes (15-7). With a good choral performance, the Spanish team continued to shoot ex officio to maintain the lead at halftime (19-11).
The Spanish team came out determined to sentence the duel in the second half and, with Paula Arcos in the advanced, the ‘Guerreras’ blocked Egypt’s ball movement, which suffered to find the goal defended by Maddi Aalla. Meanwhile, the Spanish attackers continued to penetrate the rival goal. The advantage went from 8 to 10 points and from 10 to 12 (27:15).
José Ignacio Prades took advantage of the final minutes to distribute minutes among the squad and play with the board, with 7 against 6 attacks and more open defenses. Without further surprises, the ‘Guerreras’ tied the victory with solvency (34:23).
DATASHEET:
–RESULT: SPAIN, 34 – EGYPT, 23.
–EQUIPMENT:
Spain: Silvia Navarro (P), Mercedes Castellanos (P) and Maddi Aalla (P); Carmen Campos (2), Esther Arrojeria (1), Jennifer Gutierrez (6), Maitane Etxeberria (1), Lara Gonzalez, Alba Spugnini (1), Soledad Lopez (4), Kaba Gassama (2), Alicia Fernandez (2), Almudena Rodriguez (2) , Irene Spinola (3), Paula Valdivia (2), Lysa Tchaptchet (3), Paula Arcos (4) and Shandy Barbosa (4).
Egipto: Mai Aly Abdelmoneim (P), Farah Elshazly Usama (P) y Mennaallah Sayed Osman (P); Amina Hesham Accoush (4); Mariam Omar Ibrahim (3); Shahd Hossam Ismail; Kenzy Hatem Mohamed; Shahd Ahmed Moussa (1); Sohila Ahmed Khaled (1); Laila Zaki Haitham (3); Malak Seoudy Talaat (1); Amina Atef Youssef Haggag (2); Touka Kamel Moursy; Yara Hany Mahmoud (1); Sarah Yahya Hassan (2); Noha Ibrahim Ayman; Yara Khaled Mokhtar (1) y Sahimaa Sabry Wazir (2).
–PARTIALS EVERY FIVE MINUTES: 5:1, 6:4, 9:6, 12:6, 15:7, 19:11 -break-; 21:11, 25:13, 26:15, 27:17, 30:21 and 34:23.
–REFEREES: Axel Riloba Pereda and Alejandro Hoz Fernández.
–PAVILION: Sports Palace of Torrevieja.