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The palm of
Daniel López Pinedo's
right hand
again took out several American guns that were going to clean the squad.
The stops of the veteran of the Spanish water polo were key to stop the lashes of the United States.
When the arms of this 1.90 meter goalkeeper did not reach, it was the luck of the stick that deflected the ball.
From the bench, the youngest of the group,
Unai Aguirre
(19 years old), the other goalkeeper who, in the last game against Croatia, had taken the witness of a myth under the sticks of 41 years,
celebrated each stop
.
Aguirre was born three years after the last semifinal that the Spanish handball team played in the Games.
That happened in Sydney 2000. But the coach
David Martín
this time bet on the veteran López Pinedo in the most important match.
He was not wrong.
It was the sixth match at the Tatsumi Aquatic Center.
The selection arrived with full of victories to the crossing of quarters after defeating great adversaries like Serbia, Montenegro or Croatia without problems.
Now it was time to follow the path of her teammates from the women's team, who are already in the semifinals.
The numbers gave Spain as favorites: 60% shooting effectiveness, 61 goals for and 31 against.
Their rival had lost the last three group stage matches.
The Americans were no longer that award-winning team of the past that achieved six Olympic medals.
A team with known names of players who compete in European leagues arrived at the Tokyo pool, but who in previous games showed that they cannot connect together.
The match started with the first sprint won and with a goal from the captain,
Felipe Perrone
(35 years old).
It looked like it was going to be another comfortable match for Spain.
Good closing in defense and quick withdrawal in attack.
But the US pressed and took advantage of a couple of imbalances in defense of the Spanish team.
He managed to finish the first quarter tying with two goals in a row.
The second and third quarters were a back and forth match.
Spain failed in attack and failed to extend an advantage of more than one goal.
But the stops of a giant López Pinedo stopped the Americans.
The Spanish team put one more march in the fourth quarter and swept the US.
The bottom line: 8-12.
The current European and world runner-up will return to the Olympic semifinals, getting into the fight for medals after the failures of Rio 2016 and London 2012. His great game places him as one of the clear favorites for a gold that has resisted him since that time. legendary team led by
Manel Estiarte
achieved it in Atlanta 1996.
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