Spain has added 24-28 against Bosnia and Herzegovina its third victory in the European despite the fact that he already had his homework done in a duel in which he went from less to more and that had the seven-goal scorer Agustín Casado and Chema Márquez (four) as great figures.
BOS
ESP
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 24
(14+10): Benjamin Buric (l.), Mirko Herceg (4), Mirsad Terzic, Nikola Prce (3), Ivan Karacic (6), Vladimir Vranjes (1), Vlado Dragnic (2) -starting seven-, Josep Peric (4), Enes Keskic, Marko Lukic, Senjamin Buric (2), Milan Vuksic (1) and Dino Hamidovic (1).
SPAIN, 28
(12+16): Sergey Hernández (p., 1), Agustín Casado (7), Jorge Maqueda (2), Iñaki Peciña, Kauldi Odriozola (3), Aitor Ariño (2) -starting seven-, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (l.), Gedeón Guardiola, Antonio García (1), Joan Cañellas, Miguel Sánchez-Migallón, Edu Gurbindo (1), Adrià Figueras (3), Ian Tarrafeta, Chema Márquez (4) and Ferran Solé (2).
REFEREES
Bojan Lah and David Sok (Slovenia). They excluded the Bosnian Herzegovinians Vladimir Vranjes (1:41), Senjamin Buric (25:09), Enes Keskic (45:29) and Dino Hamidovic (55:04) for two minutes; and the Spanish Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (47:34 and 56:57).
MARKER EVERY FIVE MINUTES
2-2, 4-4, 7-7, 9-9, 12-10, 14-12 (rest), 17-14, 18-17, 20-20, 22-23, 23-25 and 24-28 (final).
INCIDENTS
Match corresponding to the third and last day of Group E of the Preliminary Round of the European Men’s Handball Championship played at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava (Czech Republic).
The Spanish team faces the clash with the peace of mind of knowing they have been classified for a second phase that will start with two points, a circumstance that Jordi Ribera took advantage of to activate the rotations and rest some of his ‘heavyweights’.
Therefore, Hispanics will begin a second phase on Thursday in which they will play another four matches with Germany, Norway, Russia and Poland as great rivals in the fight for a place in the semifinals that will allow them to continue dreaming of the third consecutive win.
In front, a Balkan group without options that came without pressure and that was gaining confidence as the Spanish defense did not show its usual firmness with Ivan Karacic (brother of the renowned Croatian Igor) as the main reference.
If to this is added that the Bosnian-Herzegovinian goal performed perfectly with Benjamin Buric (Flensburg) and its seven stops, it is understood that the course of the first part was quite different from what was expected under normal conditions.
Jorge Maqueda tries to shoot over the defense
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The small centre-back, barely 1.80 meters tall, Ivan Peric masterfully directed his team and he scored three goals in the first quarter of the match (8-7) while in the current champions only Agustín Casado’s work in the center stood out.
A couple of good saves from Buric and goals from Karacic and Dragnic allowed the ex-Yugoslavs to take a two-goal lead (11-9, min. 26), which caused a timeout for Jordi Ribera and a switch to 5-1 defense to try to activate his players.
Spain reacted and Casado’s second goal in a row allowed the score to be leveled (12-12), but a bad attack and goals from Karacic (the fourth without fail) and from Herceg they returned that disadvantage in the intermission (14-12). If you wanted to win, you had to increase the intensity.
Far from giving results, the 5-1 allowed Bosnia and Herzegovina to find spaces and mess up the Spanish defense with some ease, which led to a 17-14 lead in the 35th minute and led to a return to a 6-0 deficit that began to function and allowed a quick recovery. So much so that Antonio García was able to tie with 18-17 on the scoreboard in a counterattack that Buric deflected from close range.
Antonio García, rising against Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Ivica Obrvan reacted by attacking without a goalkeeper and this allowed his team to recover the lead of three goals (20-17, min. 42′), although the Spanish defense was once again shining with Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas under the sticks and this time Antonio García did not fail to equalize with a great goal (20-20, min. 45)… although Buric and the post immediately prevented him from scoring a penalty.
Finally, Spain got ahead again (it did not do it since 6-7) in a robbery by Antonio García that ended with Casado (22-23, min.50) despite shots to the wood by Antonio García, Ferran Solé and Sánchez-Migallón. Anyway, the party had changed and Spain was already winning 22-25 six minutes from the end.
A great save by Gonzalo and a great goal by Chema Márquez, who was key in the second half, allowed the champions of the last two editions win 24-28 and show again that they are very difficult to overcome if the defense and intensity work.
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