With two goals from Espinillo, Los Murcielagos beat Spain and are already in the semifinals

The Bats made it clear that they are strong candidates to win a medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with their 2-0 victory over Spain, which on Monday qualified them for the semifinals of the tournament even though they still have to play against Thailand. As in the debut against Morocco, Cordovan Maxi Espinillo was the great figure of the match with two goals, the first of them a real gem.

The game was very close until Espinillo’s magic appeared again to break zero. When the first half was averaging, the Cordovan overflowed the Spanish defense on the left, stopped and, with a footfall, snubbed all the markers to face the goalkeeper, whom he beat with a strong shot at the near post.

When the match was over, Espinillo sentenced the duel after recovering a ball in the middle of the court with the rivals played in attack to go alone in front of the Spanish goalkeeper and solve with a powerful shot. The goal was a great relief and meant achieving the first goal.

Argentina was in first place in Group B with 6 units, followed by Spain and Morocco, who will meet on the last date. Thailand closes the area without units and will be the next rival of the “Albiceleste” this Tuesday from 4:30. In case of winning their group, the Argentine team will face in semis with the second of A, who played two dates is ordered as follows: Brazil 6 points, Japan and China 3 and France 0.

The Bats are looking for their first Paralympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020, after winning silver in Athens 2004 and bronze in Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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Argentina, in addition, was twice world champion of the specialty (2002 and 2006) and winner of the Copa América three times (1999, 2005 and 2017).

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