Already winner the day before Germany, the Spaniards, defending champion, recorded a short but important victory at the end of a match at the finish of madness in Bratislava.
When the Spaniards thought they could celebrate their victory, the referees used the video to offer a 7-meter throw to the Russians.
But Igor Soroka finally hit the post.
Jordi Ribera's men are comfortably at the top of the second group with 6 points (two of them were awarded to them for finishing at the top of their group in the preliminary round, editor's note).
The Russians record their side a second defeat in a row, and seem badly embarked since Sweden, who had also beaten them Thursday, dominated Poland from start to finish (28-18).
Finally, still handicapped by many cases of covid, Germany lost again 28-23 against Norway, which has four points.
In this main round, only the top two nations from each of the two groups will advance to the semi-finals next week.
On Saturday, France and Denmark, both winners of their first match, can also get closer to the last four if they win against Iceland (6:00 p.m.) and Croatia (8:30 p.m.).
The last poster will see Montenegro (2 points) and the Netherlands (0 points) face off.
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