The Argentine men’s handball team, Los Gladiadores, will play this Sunday against Norway in the second match of Group F of the World Cup that is played in Poland and Sweden.
The Gladiators lost in their tournament debut against the Netherlands 29-19, complicating their chances of advancing to the next round. “What did that game leave me? Realizing that we have to play better to win. We didn’t do it well. We can’t miss twenty shots on goal. That makes our rivals go off the scoreboard,” said the Los Gladiadores coach , Guillermo Milano, in statements to Télam from Poland.
Argentina will play from 4:30 p.m. in Krakow, against Norway, runner-up in the 2017 and 2019 World Cups and fifth in the 2022 European Championship, and who beat North Macedonia 39-27 on the first date. “Norway is one of the best teams in the world. It’s going to be very difficult but we have to try to be competitive and prepare everything for the third game,” said Milano, who replaced the Spanish Manuel Cadenas in 2021.
The Argentine team, the last Pan-American champion, will play the third and last match in the zone, which will be played on Tuesday the 17th against North Macedonia (2:00 p.m.). “We have to beat Macedonia and qualify as long as they lose to the Netherlands. I have full faith that things will turn out well,” said the DT.
The World Cup is made up of eight zones of four selected teams each; the first three will access the second phase (four keys of six teams). The top two from each group will then advance to the quarterfinals.