First victory in the first test of the Spanish Water Polo team before the World Cup in Fukuoka (Japan), against an Australian team that did not miss a moment on the scoreboard. This first test has served the national team as an adaptation to the Olympic pool in Japan.
“The idea was to get sensations, see how the installation is, where the pool is, a beautiful and spacious pool”, he explained to the national coach David Martín. The coach of Spain, who defends the world title, commented that his players are in a period of physical load and that is why they lack speedwhich they have noticed a lot in this first test, something that does not worry him.
“More than the ‘jet lag’ – there is a difference of seven more hours between Japan and Spain – the duration of the trip has affected us, almost 30 hours, It has been difficult for us to recover a little from the fatigue and the players are noticing itbut that’s why we came eight days before the start of the championship,” he said.
Problems with food in these first days of Fukuoka
Martín explained that the team has to adapt to the diet, because these days They are not stopping at the concentration hotel to eat.
“Tomorrow we will travel to Kumamoto -114 kilometers south of Fukuoka- to share training with the Japanese team, we will be better there and the Monday we will face one hundred percent the premiere against Serbia ”he insisted.
Since their arrival in Japan, Spain has shared training with Canada and has worked on superiorities -an extra man- with France, varying the composition of the team. After Tuesday’s friendly against Australia, tomorrow Wednesday will play another warm-up match against Japan. “The idea is to gradually find the speed we need,” insisted Martín.
