The Gladiators lost this Sunday against Norway by 32-21 and added their second loss in the Handball World Cup that is held in Poland and Sweden, leaving no margin of error to go to the next round.
The Argentine National Team, which had just been heavily defeated by the Netherlands (19-29), started the clash against the Nordics in an unbeatable way and went 6-0 with a remarkable defense.
But Norway, one of the European favourites, did not take long to grab the hand of the white and blue strategy and turn history around in Krakow.
“Chino” Simonet was the most outstanding player of the Argentine team, author of 7 goals out of 15 attempts, while goalkeeper Juan Bar added his good performance and 18 percent efficiency, beyond the difference in the result.
On the other side, the great Nordic figures were their goalkeeper Kristian Saeveras, a regular substitute, with 35 percent efficiency and the scorers Sander Sagosen and Magnus Abelvik Rod (5 each).
Argentina will seek to finish third in its group and advance to the phase this Tuesday, starting at 2:00 p.m., against North Macedonia, which has two losses, 51 goals for and 73 against. In other words, a goal difference worse than that of Los Gladiadores (-22 against -21).