MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish women’s handball team has overwhelmed Slovakia (35-15) this Friday in its premiere at the International Tournament of Spain in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), a duel in which the ‘Guerreras’ showed their superiority and showed their weapons for the next World Cup.
Just five days after opening in the World Cup event in which they act as hosts, those of José Ignacio Prades exhibited their strength in a very complete match at the King Felipe VI Pavilion against a clearly inferior rival who was in tow throughout the match. .
Eli Cesáreo and Carmen Martín offered the first advantage to the local team, which from 4-2 continued to increase income with a partial 8-0. Without lowering the intensity at any time, the ‘Guerreras’ besieged the Slovak area over and over again, all in a first half in which they did not lose a single ball -for the eight rival losses-.
Key was also the great work in defense, drying up the attack of the Slovaks -with an 8 of 22 in goal shots in the first half-, and this was mainly contributed by the veteran goalkeeper Silvia Navarro, who stopped nine of the 15 shots she received. in the first half hour of shock.
The +11 at halftime in the light perhaps relaxed the Spaniards excessively in the first minutes of the second half, in which two losses could bring a Slovakia closer, which despite improving in the retreat, did not take advantage of their opportunities.
Those of Prades still had time to improve some statistics of the first half, such as a seven meters scored by Jennifer Gutiérrez that erased 0% of success in the two previous attempts, and little by little the distance on the scoreboard increased (30- 13).
The rotations allowed all those summoned to have minutes, which will be tested again this Saturday in the match against Poland (6:00 p.m.) before closing their participation on Sunday against Germany (1:00 p.m.). On the horizon, the World Cup in Spain, which will be held between December 1 and 19.