Spain beats Poland and will play the semifinals for the sixth time in a row

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Again, with suspense.

Again, clenching his teeth with a couple of agonizing interventions under the sticks of

.

But, again, Spain will be in the semifinals of the European handball.

It will be the sixth in a row, thus equaling a record that, until now, only the Croatian team had in their possession.

A draw was enough for the Hispanics to secure the fight for the medals and they ended up winning by the minimum (27-28) over a Polish team that, despite the fact that they had only added a tie in the

and that never managed to get ahead on the scoreboard, he played a tremendously intense game, with

as top scorer (six goals) and

(five goals) as MVP of the match, although the contributions of

and

were also brilliant

.

On the Spanish side, meanwhile,

and

, with a great first half, were once again the most prominent.

Spain jumped on the track very serious.

Very concentrated.

And with remarkable effectiveness against the opposing goal.

While Rodrigo Corrales signed good interventions from the start against rival attacks,

He appeared for the first time when the Hispanics had already beaten him four times.

However, the Pole, from then on, would already maintain a very high tone, which allowed him to sign a total of 11 interventions in 39 shots on goal.

The Hispanics achieved a maximum advantage of four goals, but precisely that fall in a kind of spiral of errors in attack allowed Poland to equalize the score on several occasions before the game reached half-time.

Przytula and Moryto, each with three goals, were the most decisive players for the Poles in this first half of the duel.

and, again, Agustín Casado, meanwhile, shone for Spain, with four and three goals, respectively.

The Spanish players celebrate the victory. VLADIMIR SIMICEKAFP

The successful steals with quick exits to the counterattack that had allowed Spain to punish Poland harshly were diluted with the passing of the minutes.

The Polish team also found a way to be tremendously effective in their attacking actions.

Despite the fact that Rodrigo Corrales had signed a good handful of good saves,

did not seem to be entirely happy with the performance of the goal.

For this reason, he also turned to

, but without making his bet on one or the other completely firm in practically the entire game.

Something that, perhaps, would be reflected in the poor performance of a position as important as this throughout the second half of the game.

With the tremendous exception, yes, of those final moments in which Corrales would ultimately be decisive to ensure victory.

offensive quickness

In the initial stages of the second half, the Hispanics seemed to finally find the formula to recover that fluidity that they missed so much in the first half.

Not in vain, they were able to leave on the scoreboard by up to three goals difference.

The Poles, however, far from lowering their arms, exploited the speed in their offensive actions to cut the distances in the light again and again.

Above all, through Przytula and Jedrazscyk.

However, when they most threatened to put the equalizer on the scoreboard again,

good arm appeared just in time

from mid-distance to get his team to catch some air.

Spain, despite their attempts, could not completely break away on the scoreboard.

And Poland had two good actions in their hands to sign an equalizer that, in fact, was also worth Jordi Ribera's men.

At the moment of truth, the figure of Rodrigo Corrales would rise to, with two great consecutive saves, ensure a victory that is a real morale booster for the semifinals.

And, also, a warning: the intensity must be completely non-negotiable.

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