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Spain gave a new blow on the table in the European. Right now, it is the only team that has four points in its group, after beating Germany by a resounding 23-29 and after Russia fell to Sweden, precisely, by the same score. With tremendous defensive work, well supported by an outstanding Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas under the sticks, the Hispanics signed a new victory that could be pure gold if, this Friday, they also manage to defeat the Russian team. The Germans arrived at the game with ten casualties due to coronavirus infections, while the team led by Jordi Ribera could not count on two very important players: Ian Tarrafeta and Joan Cañellas.

Ian Tarrafeta and Joan Cañellas tested positive in the hours before the match and will not be able to play again, in principle, until next Tuesday, in a match in which Los Hispanos will face Poland and, if the good feelings continue , could perhaps be entirely transcendent. Germany, despite their absences, signed a start that was quite a give and take with Spain, even though the first gap was opened by Jordi Ribera's team. Little by little, however, the Spaniards were able to arm themselves more and more in defensive tasks to leave their rival with 12 goals at half-time and leave with 14 to their credit. A timid advantage that, perhaps, could have been broader if it had fallen in some rush in offensive work.

Aleix Gómez, Adrià Figueras and Agustín Casado, each with three goals, were the most successful in attack by the Hispanics, with a special mention for the man from Almeria, who combined scoring ability with game direction. On the German side, meanwhile, Patrick Wiencek, Julian Koster and Philipp Weber stood out, each with two goals. Something that, perhaps, also captures a little the difference that would be reflected in the light. Under the sticks, meanwhile, the performance of Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas and that of the veteran Johannes Bitter was practically even, although the Barça goalkeeper saved a rival action at the limit of the break that could have narrowed the differences between them even more.

Pérez de Vargas, precisely, would be absolutely decisive in a very solid second part of Spain at both ends of the track so that the Hispanics won an incontestable victory. The goalkeeper, who would add 11 more saves to the five accumulated throughout the first half, despaired a Germany that, at times, could only respond through Patrick Zieker and that came to be up to eight goals down on the scoreboard. The Hispanics punished the German goal over and over again, especially through Ferran Solé and a Jorge Maqueda who would sign a great scoring streak in the final moments of the match, and also despaired again and again of a rival attack that would only be able to shake off over his apparent bad fate when things were already practically decided. Marker,an unappealable 23-29 after a last hit by Tobias Reichman from 7 meters, transmits excellent sensations for the remainder of the main round. Starting, of course, with Russia.

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