2023-07-17 16:48:02
The Spanish men’s water polo team began the defense of the world title with a victory against Serbia (14-16), in a match that offered better sensations than those that exude the final result, since with six minutes to go he was winning 10-16. David Martín’s team played with great solvency. took advantage the cannon that Álvaro Granados has on his arm (5 goals) and the intelligence and second youth of Felipe Perrone who, at 37 years old and 11 World Cups behind him, scored another four to score his first victory.
It was a game in which the differences were marked by the saves of the goalkeeper Unai Aguirre, the suffocating defense of Spain and the use of the superiority of the Spaniards who scored half of their goals (8/10) with one more. When Spain felt better, six minutes from the end and with 10-16, Serbia fixed the game with a 4-0 run and even had an option to get even closer on the scoreboard, which led to a timeout for David Martín.
The game began with a 2-0 down and a partial 2-7 to leave the match decided three minutes before the break. The Balkans, a team in full reconstruction, had their best arms in Strahinja Rasovic (6 goals) and Nikola Raksic (4), but Spain was always one step ahead, in success, intensity and defense.
Two goals from Perrone at the start of the third quarter established the difference by five goals (5-10), but the Serbs reacted until they were within three (10-13), with eight minutes to play. A goal from Martin Famera, another from Perrone and one more from Sanahuja made us think that the game had already ended (10-16), but it was not. Aguirre was not so successful in the fourth and the Serbs discounted with a final partial of 4-0 (14-16).
This Wednesday Spain will face Montenegro and a victory would catapult them directly to the quarterfinals.
Datasheet:
14 – Serbia: Mitrovic; Radulovic (1), Rasovic (6, 1p), Jaksik (4), Ubovic (-), Vucinic (-), Drasovic (1) -equipo inicial- Randelovic (1), Lazic (1), Milojevic (-), Jankovic (-) y Martinovic (-).
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16 – Spain: Aguirre; Munárriz (1), Granados (5), Sanahuja (1), De Toro (-), Larumbe (-), Perrone (4) -initial team-, Famera (1), Cabanas (-), Tahull (-), Mallarach (3) and Busts (1).
Partial: 2-3, 3-5, 5-5, 4-3.
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