Siavoshishahenayati and Odriozola, in a match action Lukasz Gagulski (EFE)
Awaiting the curves of the second phase, which will speak about Spain’s true level at this World Cup, a downhill and calm coast-to-coast game was finally sought in the third encounter. It was against weak Iran, but before that they also faced rivals from the galley (Chile and Montenegro), and their handball didn’t flow that well. This time there were no problems for the Hispanics. A good vote two days before his actual World Cup start.
This Wednesday they meet the hosts Poland in very weak hours in this championship; on Friday with the bone from Slovenia; and on Sunday with the French ogre. He still has a lot to row, but he will do it with the maximum possible number of points (four), just like the Gauls. In a group of six (there are also Montenegro and Iran, although they will not face them again), two reach the quarterfinals.
defense, legs and running. Especially in uncertain times, there is no better recipe for Spain. With Kauldi Odriozola in the lead in defense 5-1 and Álex Dujshebaev in attack, everything went easier against weak Iran, who took two minutes to see themselves in a tunnel from which they couldn’t get out for the rest of the time would night. The game was determined in the drive from 2:2 to 3:10 in the 13th minute. The team was able to expand and play in the open field against a losing Asian team (10 in the 12th minute), completely open in the channel, unable to find solutions against the Spanish defence. Apart from the first three stops by Mohammad Siavoshishahenayati, there was no further reaction on the bank, led by the fevered Veselin Vujovic, who jumped onto the track, yes, with the pass already secured for the second round following Chile’s previous loss to Montenegro.
Released from the start, Odriozola-initiated relief and the elder of the Dujshebaev (five goals without a penalty at half-time) were joined by wingers Ángel Fernández, as well as Ferrán Solé and Maqueda. So relaxed was the night session in Kraków that Jordi Ribera missed a reel for Pol Valera, who had stepped off the plane a few hours earlier to replace the injured Ian Tarrafeta and opened with two assists, one from behind for Fernández.
The Ribera boys needed a good night without incident, even when facing a clearly inferior opponent, and that was evident in the restart achieved by a hanging from Cañellas to make it 11-21. The huge advantage did not slacken Spain’s percussion, who continued to pluck and shovel more for themselves, for their own problems at hand, than for the result. In the background, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas also wanted his own with a good handful of interventions. The tuning time is over. Wednesday is playtime.
Iran, 22 – Spain, 35
Iran: Siavoshishahenayati; Kiani (2), Oraei (2), Sadeghzadeh (1), Yadegaridehkordi (-), Kazemi (2) and Kouhzad (-) -Starting Team- Robat (ps), Heidarpour (4), Norouzinezhad (4), Kabirianjoo (1st ), Barbat (4), Heidari (-), Behnamnia (-), Samsami (-), Sadeghi (2).
Spain: Perez de Vargas (1); Alex Dujshebaev (6), Dani Dujshebaev (2), Odriozola (3, 1 p), Sánchez-Migallón (-), Casado (1) and Ángel Fernández (4) – first team – Corrales, Peciña (1), Maqueda ( 3 ), Solé (6, 2p), Figueras (1), Cañellas (3), Guardiola (2), Valera (-) and Dani Fernández (2).
Mark every five minutes: 2-3, 3-7, 5-10, 7-13, 9-17 and 11-21 (break) 13-23, 10-25, 15-28, 17-29, 18-31 and 22-35 (Final).
referee: Koo and Lee. Yadegaridehkordi, Samsami (2), Kazemi, Sánchez-Migallón and Peciña were ruled out by two minutes.
Tauron Arena in Kraków. 1,000 spectators.
Classifications and next phase
Group A. Spain, 6 points; Montenegro, 4; Iran, 2; chili, 0
Montenegro, 35 – Chile, 33
B group. France, 6; Slovenia, 4; Poland, 2; Arabic, 0
Slovenia, 31 – France, 35 Poland, 27 – Saudi Arabia, 24
main round. Against Poland (tomorrow), Slovenia (Friday) and France (Sunday). All by Tdp to determine schedules.
Here’s how it starts: France, 4 points; Spain, 4; Slovenia, 2; Montenegro, 2; Poland, 0; Iran, 0
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