Spain closed before Hungary its second victory in the World Cup (29-25) to reach the leadership of Group C, a result that brings the 'Main Round' closer and that allows Las Guerreras to dream in its long final goal of playing the Tokyo Games .

Before the strongest a priori opponent of this preliminary phase, the Carlos Viver players reinforced the virtues exhibited on Saturday against Romania (16-31) and did not give a single sign of weakness. Unlike, for example, France, the current world champion, who skated again against Brazil, the team led by Jorge Dueñas (19-19).

From the goal, with five stops of Darly Zoqbi, to the attack, again commanded by the left side Shandy Barbosa and the central Alicia Fernández, the Spanish were superior in all facets, and surpassed the equator already sent with a rent of six goals (11-5). The team showed again the mental hardness and the competitive intensity of the great occasions.

18-13 to rest

And is that Spain touched the perfection in the first half, with only eight turnovers and wearing a powerful 71% in attack; the 6/7 of Barbosa and the four goals of Alicia Fernández in five attempts evidenced the effectiveness at the break (18-13).

In the resumption, Spain took advantage of the exclusion of a rival just before leaving to changing rooms, to increase the rent to six goals. The reaction magiar, which reduced the difference to four goals, was stifled by a great intervention of Captain Silvia Navarro to an outside launch.

However, the effectiveness was reduced in attack, and, although somewhat from Lara González to empty goal seemed to clear the doubts (25-18), the Hungarian managed to approach three goals, especially after Barbosa saw the red card .

Tuesday, Senegal

It had to be Nerea Pena who again put a +4 reinforced later by a Silvia Navarro stop, with eight in the second half, to Kovacs and the fifth target of Alicia Fernández, and the triumph no longer escaped.

With the leadership of Group C in the pocket, Las Guerreras will rest this victory until Tuesday, when they face their third game of the preliminary round against Senegal (07:00 hours in Spain).

Spain 29 - Hungary 25

Data sheet

Spain 29 | Zoqbi (p), Navarro (p); Marta López (3), Mireya González (1), Pena (4), Barbosa (7), J. Gutierrez (3) and Eli Cesáreo, Alicia Fernández (5), Almudena Rodríguez (1), Soledad López (1), Etxeberria (1), Ainhoa ​​Hernández (2), María Núñez, Arderius and Lara González (1).
Hungary 25 | Triffa (p), Biro (p), Kiss (p); Kovasics (2), Kovacs (1), Faluvegi (2), Toth (1), Marton (2), Klujber (1), Szabo (2), Schatzl (2), Hafra (2), Come on (1), Tovizi (5), Lukacs (4) and Tomori.
Referees | Christiansen and Hansen (DEN). They disqualified Barbosa and excluded two minutes from Marta López from Spain and Tomori (2), Kovacsics, Klujber and Hafra.
Pavilion | Kumamoto Gymnasium. 1,600 spectators

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