The Spanish rugby team has been defeated in Romania (22-16) by its string of indiscipline in the middle of the second half.
Despite their indisputable attitude to attempt an unlikely comeback at the end,
the
Lions
have thrown away the slogan of avoiding risks in a few unfortunate minutes
.
That was the goal of both teams from the kick-off: to move the opponent as far away as possible from the mark's own line and to take advantage of any opportunity to score points on the foot.
With these premises, the Spanish team has started very concentrated.
Playing in Romanian territory, resisting in the melés, reaching the balls well on the ground.
His mastery of rhythm and space has paid off: two affordable punishments in favor.
Manu Ordas, the first option to kick ahead of Güemes, failed the first and scored the second (0-3).
De Ordas, Bayonne's opening, was expected above all his oiled connection with the scrum half, Rouet, teammate in France, and the speed to break the opposing defense at a gallop.
He has barely exhibited them this Saturday.
As the minutes passed and, given the difficulty to overcome the Spanish defense, the
Romanian
Robles
have tried to untangle it with kicks to follow.
Thanks to the continuity given to one of them, the whole of the East has been planted in the Spanish 22, where its
touche
is lethal.
The
Lions
have stopped the platform at the cost of committing a punishment blow.
Vlaicu, a legend with more than 1,000 points in international matches, has scored the tie at 3.
The game, stuck, with hand errors and many penalties, was entangled.
When the tireless Spanish forward dominated the oval in the match on the pitch, the team dominated the game.
.
In the last minute, the Romanians have managed to link possessions just a few meters from the Spanish line.
Seeing that their 'rugby tunnel boring machine' ran aground, they have again opted for Vlaicu's foot.
6-6 at halftime and the feeling that neither wanted to lose.
And until then, in the tie, both teams won.
Spain has shaken the start of the second half
by finding, for the first and last time, the fast connection of its line
.
In midfield, Güemes, the opening converted this Saturday into first center, has put Gimeno into play with a short pass to break the defense.
He has escorted him in the race, received his return pass and extended it for the Rouet sprint.
Rehearsal under sticks and an advantage that at that time seemed important (6-13).
As it happened against Georgia, the Lions have again conceded points as soon as they scored their own.
Vlaicu has reduced the distance in the next play (9-13) and the immediate offensive has left Spain almost without income (12-13) and with one player less for ten minutes.
Romania, encouraged by their quick response, was growing.
Spain took refuge in groups to keep the ball.
In full local offensive the match has been decided.
The arbitrator, after consulting the TMO;
has expelled the Spanish Quercy for hitting the head of a rival in a grouping.
The Lions, only 13 on the field, have not stopped the Romanian platform, which has concluded in a non-transformed test (17-13).
As everything can get worse, two other temporary expulsions for
visible infractions, improper for veterans, have left the whole of Santiago Santos in the skeleton
.
Twelve against fifteen for several minutes.
Frustrated and off-center.
And, despite everything, alive.
Because the Spanish team seemed out of the game and was still clinging to him on the scoreboard.
He has barely resisted an attack next to his brand line, he has conquered several punishment blows and, in one of them, thanks to Ordas' foot, he has again tightened the shock (17-16).
Romania then had a veteran shot to move the ball, seek superiority, open a gap next to the band and pose another test (22-16).
Not even there has the challenge ended.
With fourteen men on the field, the
Lions
have retaken the initiative in
a final few minutes of a vibrant siege of the Romanian mark zone
.
They have forced an expulsion and, they have tried with head butts, with platforms that ended in montoneras, but also with more courage than ideas.
The serious thing for the Spanish team is not the final result;
He was playing one of the matches that he could lose.
It is the dynamics of getting into indisciplines that ruin a controlled crash.
The
Leones
take one point (for falling by less than seven);
the assurance that, by game, they have classification possibilities;
and
the pride that has reduced to assumable failure what could have been a debacle
.
They had a momentous victory within their grasp and they will have to settle for a useful defeat to learn.
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