The Spanish team closed this Wednesday the double confrontation against France with a second victory thanks to a goal from Joaquín Menini with a minute to go for the end after a game in which the French goalkeeper, Arthur Thieffry, avoided the Spanish goals with great interventions.
France took possession in the early stages of the game, but, nevertheless, Spain he knew how to impose himself and create the first opportunity of the game after seven minutes after a counterattack that Thieffry stopped. Two minutes later came the first chance since the ‘Redsticks’ corner penalty, but the goalkeeper blocked Miralles’ shot. The game did not stop and the ball fell to Miralles again on second play, but ran into Thieffry again. Meanwhile, France tried to quickly mount the attack to surprise the Spanish and create their first chance in the Garin area, but their counterattack was unsuccessful.
Clapes, after a great race, it caused the third penalty corner for Max Caldas’ men, but the French defense saved the goal on the line. Spain had the measure for Fred Soyez’s team and found it easy to create chances from the corner in the second quarter. Bonastre won the fourth corner penalty, but Recasens sent it high. In the 21st minute, Goyet got the first chance for France, but Rodríguez covered the penalty corner shot that was adjusted to the post.
Without goals, but with many chances, the break was reached. In the third quarter, Spain continued to generate many more opportunities than their rival, with a great one-on-one from Rafi, but, as was the case with all actions, he found a safe Thieffry. Baumgarten, after a shot by Reyne that he sent wide, had the clearest for France at the end of the third halfbut Garin pulled out a big hand.
France got their second corner penalty in the last quarter, but Spain defended the action well. The French team managed to survive more opportunities from the corner, and when it seemed that the match would be decided in the ‘shoot-out’, Menini appeared with a minute to go to score the winning goal for Spainwhich is placed sixth.