Spain flees from the last trap against Poland

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A week passed, a whole week of the World Cup, and Spain still did not enjoy despite the full number of victories.

Sweet to suffer, it is understood.

But suffer at the end of the day.

Montenegro, Chile, Iran and this Wednesday Poland (27-23): until now, I have faced a concatenation of teams that were supposed to be inferior and that hindered, harassed, and slowed down more than expected.

Starting this Friday, against Slovenia and on Sunday, against France, a tougher championship begins, the one that should take the team to the quarterfinals and, who knows, to glory, but so far everything has been overwhelming unexpected.

The victories have never been in doubt, only the smiles.

Because, although they won again, Spain played against Poland again with a frown and a stiff arm.

Handball at will, the kind that begins with a compact defense and ends up running, running and running, barely appeared, not even in the last few minutes.

The best: it was the last trap, there will be no more simple rivals.

The worst: that no player arrives launched into the complicated, decisive games.

It is true that this Wednesday Poland was playing at home, a magnet for handball entanglements, but the Tauron Arena in Krakow was half empty and the attendees were mostly silent.

With 10 minutes to go,

, the local pivot, demanded noise, raised his arms looking at the stands and barely received applause.

Its too cold.

Spain was not affected by the atmosphere, only the talent of one player, one single player.

The winger

, huge gunboat, companion of the Dujshebaev brothers in Kielce, did and undid as he pleased and prevented Spanish relief until the end.

His seven goals, being the only Polish danger, left the question of what will happen against more complete teams, more coral, with several players as dangerous as him.

The Spanish 5:1 defense this time did not work and that is bad news.

The launch problem

Although in the triumph, as in all triumphs, there were also good ones.

For example: rest.

Only the coach Jordi Ribera knows the plan, but again Spain returned to rotate all its players, without the need to force any of them.

Wingers and pivots took turns at an almost mathematical rhythm to no effect and on the front row, even

sat on the bench for a long time.

The problem is that his absence was noticeable.

Only his brother

and

, despite their 36 years, were capable of generating play and attracting the defense as he did.

The newly arrived central defender,

, was successful, but not

or

in throws from the sides.

"We were psyched to win yes or yes, it didn't matter the way, if we played better or worse. We have known how to suffer, which is the important thing in these championships,"

acknowledged at the end, who took a tremendous punch from

, expelled.

"We know that what remains will be more difficult," he also analyzed before facing Slovenia and France for a place in the quarterfinals, after overcoming the many traps that the first week of the World Cup presented.

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