2024-01-07 18:31:13
Spain thrashed Italia by 14-8 and qualified as first in the group for the quarterfinals of the European Championship. water poloa tie in which the winner of the Croatia-Serbiaa smaller rival that practically brings them closer to the semifinals.
The Spanish, who are defending their continental title, were at a high level. They won three of the four quarters and offered very good feelings.
Those of Mickey Father They played a practically perfect first quarter, which gave them the necessary advantage to face the game with complete peace of mind. He started with a lot of play at the buoy, where Maica García wreaked havoc, but in general Spain did everything well.
Their defense was superior, their pitchers accurate. Oca’s team dominated the game and the moments against a rival without resources, surprised by how Spain had started the game.
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The first goal from Maica García’s buoy was matched by Palmieri from the same area, but from then on, Spain had a 4-0 run.
The two Spanish pitchers Elena Ruiz and Judith Forca each scored a double. Everything worked like clockwork: the use of superiority, the defensive blocks and the speed in transitions.
After 5-1, Italy was forced to react and did so in the second quarter, especially because Spain was not so successful in its superiority.
A partial 0-2, with a counter from Giustini and a superiority scored by Bettini (5-3). Anni Espar and Avegno made it 6-4 and in the final stretch of the second quarter, the pitchers appeared again: Forca in a transition and Elena Ruiz, in a superiority, restored the four-goal difference (8-4).
And the third quarter began again with a partial 0-2 for the transalpines, after two goals from Giustini (8-6). It was then the moment for Anni Espar, who took advantage of two advantages to bring the difference back to four (10-6) and Paula Leitón, two tenths from the end, achieved the maximum difference for Spain (11-6), after signing the seventh goal in superiority over twelve.
In the final quarter, Forca once again commanded the operations and Spain soared on the scoreboard to 13-6 as the maximum difference, although two goals from Bianconi and another finish from Ariadna Ruiz closed the game at 14-8.
Oca’s team will play the quarterfinals on Tuesday against the winner of Croatia-Serbia, two teams of a much lower level. The difficulty will be seen in the semi-final round, where the Netherlands will surely await them, in what could be a repeat of the last World Cup final.
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Spain: Martina Terre; Ariadna Ruiz (1), Anni Espar (3), Bea Ortiz (-), Nona Pérez (-), Paula Crespí (-), Elena Ruiz (3), Piralkova (-), Forca (5), Paula Camus (- ), Maica García (1) and Paula Leitón (1).
Italia: Stalls; Tabani (-), Galardi (-), Avegno (1), Giustini (3), Bettini (1), Picozzi (-), Bianconi (2), Palmieri (1), Barletta (-), Cergol (-), Viacava (-).
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