Denmark takes its revenge and leaves Spain without bronze

Denmark took their revenge on the World Cup in Brazil. Las Guerreras, 10 years later, could not repeat bronze. The final picture seemed auspicious, within disappointment. Norway was to face France again for gold. And Spain, which had once again lost to the Nordics, had the chance to get back on the podium. The Danes, however, were able to exploit the turnovers much better, with a devastating attack in the second half and always supported by the great performance under the sticks of

. A combination that was decisive for them to end up taking the victory by a resounding 35-28 and thus be able to rediscover the medals eight years after their third place in Serbia.

The inspiration in offensive tasks of

, top scorer of the match, with seven goals, perfectly supported by the six goals that, respectively,

and

managed to score

, infallible from seven meters, was too much for a Spain led by

(six goals) and

(five).

The Guerreras started the duel with intensity and managed a two-goal lead that the Danes, however, would not take long to level.

For a long time, the exchange of blows was constant.

Denmark, despite everything, began to show itself more and more capable of exploiting its deadly counterattack.

Something that, in the final stretch of the first part, would allow them to open a gap.

Overwhelming dominance

The Danes took off from 10-10 to score four goals up, taking advantage, in part, of the exclusion of

.

His attack, tremendously choral in this first half, at times, came to seem almost unstoppable.

In the final installments, despite everything, the appearances of

,

and

allowed Las Guerreras to go into halftime with 13-16.

The memory of the defeat against Norway in the semifinal on Friday began to weigh heavily in the atmosphere of the Olímpico de Granollers.

And those omens would eventually materialize in a second half where the dominance of Denmark became practically overwhelming.

Defensive lapses

At the restart,

good scoring start

Denmark move to an even more comfortable six-goal lead, no matter how much

tried to make up for it with a couple of good goals. The ability of the Danes to punish defensive oversights, despite those good intentions, served to sentence them with a distance of nine goals.

The players of

made an effort at least to leave a good taste in the mouth of the fans that had turned to them.

Their reaction, despite everything, only allowed them to timidly cut the gap until they reached the final 35-28, but the feeling that this team transmits is that, at least, the fight for the medals will be more than assured in the next big games. tournaments.

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