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Not a bad day or, rather, a bad second half, finally fixed on time, could in the end with the triumphant path that the Hispanics are signing in the European Championship. And that, on this occasion, the suspense was maintained until beyond the end of the game. Literally. After eight agonizing seconds in defense to prevent Russia from placing the equalizer on the scoreboard, Spain seemed to win a very tight 25-26 victory that the referees of the match, the Danes

Mads Hansen

and

Jesper Madsen

put on the wing after reviewing the video and decree seven meters.

Soroka

's launch

would ultimately crash against the woodwork and, then, yes, nothing could stop the outburst of euphoria from the Spanish.

Of course, the duel against Russia, like all those Hispanics have faced so far, had a tremendously even first half. Jordi Ribera's team, in this case, went into the break with a minimal advantage by 11-12. A scoreboard in which the excellent interventions of Rodrigo Corrales and Víctor Kireev under the sticks had a lot to do with it. Spain, perhaps, lacked to take better advantage of very clear options on the counterattack, but, faced with a tremendously dense rival defense, they managed to find good shooting solutions. Once again, Agustín Casado, with five goals, shone with his own light, although the contributions of Jorge Maqueda and Chema Márquez were also very important, each with three goals. On the Russian side, whilethe main stiletto had been a lethal Igor Soroka from the far left at the start of the match.

The defensive performance of the Hispanics dropped many steps after the break. Santalov, with shots from mid-range, managed to punish the rival goal over and over again while Kireev continued to despair the Spanish in attack too often. Despite the fact that Rodrigo Corrales managed to hold his own on more than one occasion to partially support a defensive framework that was often excessively fragile, lacking in forcefulness, Jordi Ribera sought a revulsive change from 6-0 to 5-1 and giving entry to Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas under the sticks. And both bets were the sea of ​​successful. As much as Russia was able to leave by up to four goals on the scoreboard, Spain knew how to grit their teeth, rearm in defense and, also well supported by several brilliant actions by the goalkeeper,turn the tables to get ahead on the scoreboard when the most decisive moment of the match arrived.

The ability of the Hispanics to recover the ball and successfully search for the rival goal, with a special mention for a plastic theft in the final moments by Agustín Casado to a Daniil Shishkarev who was looking for a counterattack after reading the pass from behind that Antonio García tried , would end up taking the game to that heart attack ending in which the wood, sometimes capricious, once again became the goalkeeper's best friend.

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