Summary and goals of Denmark

Right back Mathias Gidsel shattered Spain with eight goals

“We have to be more aggressive and support each other more defensively,” Ribera told his players.

The Spanish handball team started its journey in the EHF Euro Cupafter falling this Wednesday by a resounding 39-31 against Denmark in a meeting in which those of jordi riverbank They never found the formula to stop the Nordic team’s attack, which is one of their strengths as we explained in the previous one.

Especially on the right side Mathias Gidselwhich showed that he is perfectly recovered from the knee injury he suffered in the past Europeanafter offering an authentic exhibition before the ‘Hispanics‘.

Not only because of the eight goals with which the player from fuchse berlin German closed the match, but because of the variety of feints, passes and penetrations with which Gidsel23, showed that he is destined to become the most decisive player in the world in the coming years.

Talent that counted on this occasion with the collaboration of a Spanish defense, which never managed to acquire the forcefulness necessary to stop the individual actions of the Danish players.

“We have to be more aggressive and support each other more defensively, he can’t pass the ball in one-on-one,” the Spanish coach complained. jordi riverbankforced to urgently request a time-out, after seeing how the first ten minutes of the game were barely over Denmark doubled the score (8-4) at ‘Hispanics‘.

But neither the warnings of the Spanish coach, nor the different combinations with which he tried riverbank They served to provide the Spanish defense with the solidity necessary to stop the Nordic team’s attack, which with seven minutes to go before the break shot up to a six-goal lead (16-10).

A more than worrying income before the voracity of the Danish team, a team that does not usually miss the opportunity to punish its rivals with severe results if it has the opportunity.

But if something demonstrated the ‘Hispanics‘, despite not playing the best of his games, is his irreducible character, his ability to overcome adversity, so a minimum crack was enough for Spain seemed ready to rejoin the game. Clinging to the two minutes of numerical superiority with which the Spanish team had after the exclusion of Mad’s Mensah the ‘Hispanics‘ Not only did they shake off Danish dominance, but they seemed ready to change the script of the match after being just two goals away (18-16) on the scoreboard

A mere mirage, since Denmark again guided in attack by Mathias Gidsel, who only missed one of the nine shots he attempted in the match, once again completely overcame the Spanish defense at the start of the second half. As reflected by the eight goals behind (27-19) that those from jordi riverbank eleven minutes into the second half and that turned the rest of the match into a mere formality.

Spain He tried to minimize the more than predictable punishment, something he never achieved given the ease with which the Danish team resolved each of their attacks, as reflected in the final 39-31 scoreline.

A defeat that should not worry Spain both because of the strength of the scoreboard, given the preparatory nature of the match despite its official status, and because of the inability to provide the slightest solidity to its defense, the pillar on which the recent successes of the Spanish team have been based, let’s not forget, the current runner-up of Europe.