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Yes, but not yet.

The rugby team led by Santiago Santos

squeezed, surrounded and made Georgia suffer but is left with frustration

over a very balanced match that they could have won and ended up losing 19-25.

If the

Lelos

are "a machine", as the defender of the Lions, Charly Maliè, defined them, the local XV was not inferior.

He did not give up the initiative and took the duel where he wanted.

And there, in the throes, he accused the inaccuracies.

His comeback was missing a few meters.

The keys for Spain to have options were not to concede punishment blows and to avoid the

Lelos'

entrances

in the 22nd with a controlled ball.

From those premises, it could not have started worse.

The first indiscipline was committed shortly after the opening whistle and, after the throw-in, Georgia, accumulating phases, posed a test that was easy to transform.

0-7 at minute three.

The credit to the

Lions

was their quick reaction.

As soon as he had the ball, the Spanish line made it circulate and, after a kick to follow, the oval was hunted by Linklater to take it to the grass.

Güemes transformed for the tie (7-7).

Georgia's lead commands respect.

When he forms the scrum, his first panoramic chest line squeezes the pegs, creaks, and routinely drags the opponent back.

In the first half, Spain felt the pressure on their bones.

It did not yield.

He withstood up to three consecutive lunges at the edge of his trench.

Defense after defense, he managed to face the platforms.

The dominance of so many minutes only translated for Georgia into three points (7-10).

A lesser evil that reinforced the conviction of the Santiago Santos team.

Despite committing more shots than desirable and some doubts in the first hanging balls, the

Lions were

never sharply outmatched.

Solid in the contacts, serious in defense and well guided by the kicking of the Güemes opening, they took possession of the ball in the final stretch of the first half.

The young Spanish three-quarters, with Gimeno in front, exhibited her danger in each deployment.

He did not get the mark but

another kick to sticks tied the match at halftime (10-10)

.

It was his declaration of intent.

Even with the fight at ground level, Georgia did not take much advantage of the kicks to the sky either.

The Spanish rear, very sure, guaranteed the receptions.

At minute 47, the

Lions

took the lead on the scoreboard (13-10) thanks to a penalty hit.

The

Lelos came

back in a sigh, with a trial (13-15) favored by a probable obstruction that the referee did not want to review in the TMO chamber.

It was the 60th minute and the duel could be decided in any set.

The Eurasian team once again stepped on, with a sharp tusk and a swollen vein, the 22nd Spanish.

Again he only took three points (13-18).

Forcing another blow, the

Lions

narrowed the clash again (16-18).

There they paid dearly for several consecutive judgments.

Bad reception, infraction in defense, side kick against and the unstoppable entry of the

white

maul

in the local goal zone.

With a margin like 16-25, Georgia usually closes its commitments.

It has not happened this Sunday.

Spain still drew strength to retake the initiative and scratch three points (19-25).

The

Lions

grew up.

Convinced, resounding, dominating, they surrounded the visiting test area.

They wasted up to three chances in the hot zone, just a few meters from the staging line.

Georgia, winner for serenity and experience, leaves Madrid, one more year, with four points - it scored three trials by Jagolonia, Tabutsadze and Bregvadze, for one by Spain - and the claimed status of dominator of the second European level.

The XV de Santos has to console himself with a point for the narrow margin of his defeat.

Although he loses a game that he could lose, he leaves maturity and good feelings in front of the rest of the applicants.

He knew how to handle the game, a very important value before the visit to Romania next weekend.

A victory there would ratify the Spanish candidacy on the road that leads to the World Cup.

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