Spain took a giant step last night in its search for a ticket for next summer’s Paris Games by winning the pre-Olympic tournament being held at the Palau d’Esports in Granollers over Slovenia by ten goals.
After beating Bahrain on Thursday (39-27), the Hispanics are practically guaranteed their qualification, since they should lose by 19 or more goals in their duel tomorrow (5:45 p.m.) against Brazil – which in turn lost to Slovenia – to stay out of the Olympic competition.
Despite not starting very involved in the game and seeing how the Slovenians took the first advantages, Jordi Ribera’s team redoubled its intensity to quickly turn the score around and go into the break with a seven-goal advantage (20-13). .
Although one of the main people responsible for the victory was goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, who with his 18 saves was 47% effective in his interventions to become the player of the match.
“Knowing the importance of the match, we have played at our highest level, the pavilion has responded and has been with us, and I, personally, have felt very comfortable,” said the hero of the match after the victory.
