Spain added its third victory in Group C of the preliminary phase of the World Cup with a convincing 29-20 against Senegal, which almost guaranteed access to the 'Main Round'. After the overwhelming start of the championship against Romania and Hungary, the players of Carlos Viver lowered the concentration somewhat, although they finally knocked down an opponent who based everything on his physical strength.

The Senegalese had dominated the first time for nervousness of Carlos Viver, who claimed patience in the attacks. The tight 14-13 at the break gave way to a defensive improvement of Las Guerreras, who only conceded seven goals in the last 30 minutes.

Initially, with too many losses in attack, only Sandy Barbosa was inspired by the imposing figure of Sako in the goal. Viver asked for dead time with 7-8 down, and his harangue seemed to wake the team, which took advantage of a numerical superiority, to untangle the situation (11-8, min. 23). It was a mirage because the Africans, led by Doungou Camara's goals, came to the break with intact options (14-13).

7-1 partial

We had to find a way to stop the powerful Senegalese power station. Once this objective was achieved, the adversary gradually left without arguments.

Spain, now yes, did not forgive and clearly broke the match (21-14, min.39), driven by the success of Maitane Etxeberria, author of three goals in a row, and Sole López. Senegal, entangled in its numerous losses (27) and without finding Camara, fit a 7-1 and remained almost 10 minutes without scoring.

On Wednesday, also in Yatsushiro, Las Guerreras will be able to complete their pass to the next round with a win against weak Kazakhstan (07:00 hours). The first phase against Montenegro closes on Friday, the only team that seems to keep up with Spain.

Spain 29 - Senegal 20

Data sheet

Spain 29 | S.Navarro (p), D.Zoqbi (p), L.González (2), M.González, N.Pena (3), S.Arderius, M.Núñez (1), A.Barbosa (8, of pen), A. Fernández (2), A. Rodríguez (4), J. Gutierrez (1 pen), M. López (3), S. López (2), A. Hernández and M. Etxeberria (3) .
Senegal 20 | Sako (1); Seck, Sankhare (4), Camara (6), Keita (1), Ndiaye (3, 2 pen), Kante, Paye, Ba, Sene, Sylla, Sy, Dapina (5), Kamdop and Diop.
Referees | B.Lah and D.Sok (ESL) Excluded A. Rodríguez (2), M. Gonzalez, A. Hernández and A. Fernández, for Spain, and Sy, Keita, Kamdop and Ba, for Senegal.
Pavilion | Yatsushiro General Gymnasium.

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