The Warriors fell before Serbian 28-30 (17-16) in the first match of the Carpathian Tournament in Bistrita (Romania) and this Friday they will face Austria (4:30 p.m.). The Spanish team fell in the final minutes after a disputed match in which in the final stretch the stops of Kristina Graovac the exclusions in the Guerreras were decisive.
Spain came out to command percussing from the ends with an incisive Paula Valdiviathe national team achieved a three-goal lead (6-3) until the double exclusion of Lysa Tchaptchet Y Almudena Rodriguez it checked their push and allowed Serbia to regain ground. Mercedes Castellanos He appeared in the goal to avoid equalizing at various times. However, Serbia took advantage of a new situation of Spanish double inferiority with five minutes remaining to tie the game (15-15). Maitane Etxeberria ended up breaking the equality at the edge of the break to leave the scoreboard with a minimum advantage for the warriors (1716).
The clash stalled in the second half without a dominator. maddi alala brought out his reflexes, but at warriors they lacked clarity in the offensive game and the tie did not finish clearing. The last 10 minutes took place with an exchange of blows in which, once again, a situation of double inferiority hampered the Spanish team, which was two goals down with less than four minutes to go (27-29). When Spain had regained strength and caressed the tie, Kristina Graovac he became colossal to close the goal and secure the victory.
At the individual level, Martina Capdevilla debuted with the Guerreras jersey Y Paula Arcos (8 goals) was chosen MVP of the match.
After the match, the national coach, Jose Ignacio Pradeshighlighted the start of the match: “We entered the game well, with a lot of speed and rhythm. I’m happy with that staging, although we’ve gotten out of tune defensively”. The Spanish coach lamented the lack of success in front of goal: “The bad start of the second half weighed us down, we had a lot of difficulties scoring”He pointed to the exclusions as one of the factors that have decided the match: “They have harmed us when it comes to defending and attacking”.
