Spain ends Japan’s resistance and moves closer to the quarterfinals (37-33)

Euskaraz irakurri: Espainiak Japonia menderatu du eta final-laurdenetatik hurbilago dago (37-33)

Spain has beaten Japan (37-33) This Wednesday, on the third day of the men’s handball tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesto continue dreaming and depend on themselves to get to the quarter-finals that are already closer.

The six goals from Kauldi Odriozolamany against, and others three by Imanol Garciandia They have done a lot of harm to Japan.

Rodrigo Corrales’ performance in goal was key in a final stretch in which the Japanese were no longer as strong and fast.

Spain gave it their all with seven-man attacks, a risk that allowed them to keep their team in the game. Accelerating in the final stretch, they managed to get a significant lead, five goals, which they knew how to maintain until the end.

After beating Slovenia and losing to Sweden, Jordi Ribera’s men recovered against the Japanese, who were strong, but ended up succumbing to a Spanish team that improved in defence and matched the intensity of their rival to continue competing for everything.

Data sheet:

37- Spain: Pérez de Vargas; Garciandia (3), Tarrafeta (3), Daniel Dujshebaev (5), Aleix Gómez (3), Serdio (1), Daniel Fernández (3) -starting seven-, Maqueda (1), Alex Dujshebaev (4), Corrales ( substitute goalkeeper), Casado (4), Sánchez-Migallon (2), Odriozola (6), Javier Rodríguez (2)

32- Japan: Okamoto; Watanabe (3), Yasuhira (7), Baig (1), Motoki (2), Yoshida (3), Sugioka (4) -starting seven-, Nakamura (substitute goalkeeper), Sakurai (1), Tokuda (4), Okamoto (), Tamakawa (1), Yoshino, Fujisaka (7), Takano

Referees: Ivan Pavicevic and Milos Raznatovic (MON), excluded Tokuda for 2 minutes.

Scoreboard every five minutes: 3-4, 9-7, 13-11, 16-15, 19-17, 20-18 (break), 23-20, 26-22, 30-27, 32-29, 34-31 and 37-32 (final).