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The second match brought the expected tense encounter between neighbours Georgia and Russia. The Georgians, debutants on the European Championships stage, lived up to the occasion by setting up their offensive threats, in this game particularly Marko Elez and left-hander Damir Tsrepulia who went on to scored four goals each. Russia went along with the slow paced game and although frequently finding the answers, after three periods founding themselves in a dogfight with the Georgians. Tensions were flowing as the Jovan Popovic coached side, at this point led by the assistant after Popovic got red carded, got into foul trouble more and more. It led to the situation that Russia slowly started to walk away in the fourth quarter and Georgia had no reserves left to play so just five field players were active. It meant the end of the game where Russia scored four straight goals to win 12-16 coming from a 12-12 tied game midway through the final period. Coach Popovic was clear and short in his statement after the match: ''I'm proud of my team. The story of this game is to be seen on the scoreboard'', was all the Montenegrin had to say. On Monday Georgia will close out their group stage playing Montenegro with Russia in action the next match facing Romania.
Greece stunned Romania in game 3 on Saturday at the Alfred Hajos stadium in Budapest. Thanks to his only goals of the game, it was winger Emmanouil Mylonakis who, at the buzzer, shot home the game-winning 9-10 goal for his team as they edged their opponents for the important win. The close encounter could have gone either way, but Romania looked to have the better papers in the fourth quarter. Things changed however in the final minutes. A missed man-up play set up a Greece counter-attack that was cold bloodedly finished by Mylonakis for his first of the match. Things were about to get worse for Romania though with a 9-9 score as Cosmin Radu could not score from the centre-forward position, heavily guarded, and Greece took a time-out. In the following exclamation point, Mylonakis was the final one to get the ball, threathened a couple of times and deadly precise shot the ball behind Romania goalie Dragos Stoenescu in the game's final buzzer as Greece stunned Romania to win 9-10.
A big clash was scheduled to take play as fourth match which saw Serbia trying to regain a good position in the group if they managed to get a good result against Croatia. A clash of the titans a match-up between the two sides always is, and was again on Saturday in front of around 3,500 people at the Alfred Hajos stadium. And the encounter went on to be close, yet again. Serbia looked to have the upperhand in the first half twice establishing a 2-goal lead in the second quarter, but lost momentum when Croatia turned the score around in their favour in the third period. After standout Filip Filipovic, once again coming up huge scoring four goals, netted his fourth for the 6-7 lead midway through the third quarter, the game went into a tense final phase. Andro Buslje opened up the scoring the fourth session to tie the game at 7-7 finishing off a nice man-up play, but already in the next posession saw youngster Dusan Mandic answering for Serbia to regain the lead. It became obvious that the big opportunities for deciding the match were on extra man, but either team turned up their defence so scoring became even more difficult.
The one player that manages to break it though was Petar Muslim who, after a double exclusion on the Serbian side, netted his only goal of the game to bring Croatia back to 8-8 and that proved to be the final score, despite multiple opportunities for either side in the four minutes that were left to play. In fact, it was Croatia who got man-up with 0.43 remaining but could not convert because of Serbia's furocious defence and in the next counter-attack, Sandro Sukno was excluded so Serbia came up with a huge opportunity to score the winner. Captain Zivko Gocic got the ball from Andrija Prlainovic (present today, even after his red card against Hungary in the previous match because no brutality was involved there), had no time to hesitate but saw his shot being saved by Croatia goalkeeper Josip Pavic. In the last seconds Prlainovic took a hit but saw his attempt exploding off the left-post. For Serbia it seems the game against Spain, just as for the Spaniards, will decide who will advance of the two sides while the group's second position is not out of sight if Croatia falls to Hungary on Monday.
Another big clash, that looked to be the battle for first place in group B, saw Italy taking on Montenegro after the little break on Saturday in Budapest. A tough match between two teams that know eacht other very well, not the least because multiple Montenegro stars play in the Italian league, and the Montenegro head coach Ranko Perovic did so too as a player, but also because the priority in this match-up clearly was defensive organisation and getting stops. Both succeeded although the Montenegrins not made things better by missing their first eleven shots of the game leaving them scoreless in virtually the entire first half. A first half that not featured many goals anyway as the Italian did things slightly better by netting two shots in the opening period (youngsters Di Fulvio and Velotto) but also remained scoreless in the second term for the 2-1 half-time score after Mladjan Janovic finally found the net on a counter-attack with three seconds remaining.
Things changed in the second half though where the match became more attractive to the neutral fan and saw more goals, although not a lot. Left-hander Valentin Gallo put Italy up 3-1 but Montenegro struck back with two consecutive goals, scored by Predrag Jokic and captain Nikola Janovic. Andrea Fondelli then showed his abilities by scoring the next two goals for Italy but in both cases saw Montenegro responding. First, Aleksandar Ivovic struck with 0.48 to go in the third quarter, and topping that by scoring another one early fourth period to put the Montenegrins up 4-5. After Fondelli scored his second in the next possession, the game became more nervous with the defences tight as ever. A draw looked evident, but not so much in the final minute when Andrea Fondelli scored his third of the game as Italy all of a sudden led 6-5 with just 0.45 remaining. But Montenegro was not done. Velotto got excluded in the following possession Montenegro still managed to tie after captain finished off a quickly played extra man from the left side with fiveteen seconds on the clock. A turnover ended Italy's hope for an incredible winner in the final seconds as the 6-6 tie remained on the scoreboards and leaves the overall goal difference in the group as decider for first place. That now looks in Montenegro's favour, especially considering they will take on winless Georgia in the final preliminary round on Monday.
© Marcel ter Bals
2014 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
Schedule and results
Saturday, 19 July (men)
Spain vs. France 13-5 (2-0, 3-3, 4-2, 4-0)
Spain scorers: Albert Español 5, Alberto Munarriz 2, Marc Roca, Guillermo Molina, Marc Minguell, Francisco Fernandez, Xavi Garcia.
France scorers: Michaël Bodegas 2, Enzo Khasz, Petar Tomasevic, Alexandre Camarasa.
Georgia vs. Russia 12-16 (3-3, 1-4, 7-4, 1-5)
Georgia scorers: Damir Tsrepulia 4, Marko Elez 4, Marko Jelaca, George Khvedeliani, Mikheil Baghaturia, Marino Franicevic.
Russia scorers: Ivan Nagaev 4, Konstantin Stepanyuk 4, Artem Odintsov 2, Vladislav Timakov 2, Dmitrii Kholod 2, Roman Shepelev 2.
Romania vs. Greece 9-10 (3-2, 2-3, 2-2, 2-3)
Romania scorers: Nicolae Diaconu 4, Cosmin Radu 2, Andrei Cretu, Alexandru Matei, Alex Popoviciu.
Greece scorers: Emmanouil Mylonakis 2, Alexandros Gounas 2, Angelos Vlachopoulos 2, Ioannis Fountoulis, Christos Afroudakis, Evangelos Delakas, Konstantinos Mourikis.
Croatia vs. Serbia 8-8 (2-3, 3-2, 1-2, 2-1)
Croatia scorers: Sandro Sukno 3, Luka Loncar 2, Petar Muslim, Andro Buslje, Niksa Dobud.
Serbia scorers: Filip Filipovic 4, Dusan Mandic, Milos Cuk, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic.
Italy vs. Montenegro 6-6 (2-0, 0-1, 2-3, 2-2)
Italy scorers: Andrea Fondelli 3, Francesco di Fulvio, Alessandro Velotto, Valentino Gallo.
Montenegro scorers: Nikola Janovic 2, Aleksandar Ivovic 2, Mladjan Janovic, Predrag Jokic.
Germany vs. Hungary 8-16 (3-4, 4-5, 0-3, 1-4)
Germany scorers: Julian Real 2, Heiko Nossek 2, Marko Stamm 2, Moritz Oeler, Andreas Schlotterbeck.
Hungary scorers: Denes varga 5, Marton Vamos 2, Norbert Hosnyanszky 2, Balazs Harai 2, Norbert Madaras, Balazs Erdelyi, Adam Decker, Marton Szivos, Daniel Varga.
14.30: Romania vs. Greece
16.00: Croatia vs. Serbia
19.00: Italy vs. Montenegro
20.30: Germany vs. Hungary
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Pressure on Serbia grows after draw with Croatia - Budapest 2014 day 6
| | | Saturday 19 July 2014, 11:06 | | | Tim Hartog |
Spain has kept the hopes of advancing alive by beating France 13-5 in the opening match of day 6 of the 2014 European Championships in Budapest. After a tough first half the Spaniards broke loose in the last quarter and a half scoring eight goals in a row to win the match from a 5-5 score midway through the third period. Albert Español enjoyed another top scoring performance netting 5 shots. Monday's encounter with Serbia for Spain now seems to determine if they will advance to the quarter-final round. France will play the important match against Germany that same day.
The second match brought the expected tense encounter between neighbours Georgia and Russia. The Georgians, debutants on the European Championships stage, lived up to the occasion by setting up their offensive threats, in this game particularly Marko Elez and left-hander Damir Tsrepulia who went on to scored four goals each. Russia went along with the slow paced game and although frequently finding the answers, after three periods founding themselves in a dogfight with the Georgians. Tensions were flowing as the Jovan Popovic coached side, at this point led by the assistant after Popovic got red carded, got into foul trouble more and more. It led to the situation that Russia slowly started to walk away in the fourth quarter and Georgia had no reserves left to play so just five field players were active. It meant the end of the game where Russia scored four straight goals to win 12-16 coming from a 12-12 tied game midway through the final period. Coach Popovic was clear and short in his statement after the match: ''I'm proud of my team. The story of this game is to be seen on the scoreboard'', was all the Montenegrin had to say. On Monday Georgia will close out their group stage playing Montenegro with Russia in action the next match facing Romania.
Greece stunned Romania in game 3 on Saturday at the Alfred Hajos stadium in Budapest. Thanks to his only goals of the game, it was winger Emmanouil Mylonakis who, at the buzzer, shot home the game-winning 9-10 goal for his team as they edged their opponents for the important win. The close encounter could have gone either way, but Romania looked to have the better papers in the fourth quarter. Things changed however in the final minutes. A missed man-up play set up a Greece counter-attack that was cold bloodedly finished by Mylonakis for his first of the match. Things were about to get worse for Romania though with a 9-9 score as Cosmin Radu could not score from the centre-forward position, heavily guarded, and Greece took a time-out. In the following exclamation point, Mylonakis was the final one to get the ball, threathened a couple of times and deadly precise shot the ball behind Romania goalie Dragos Stoenescu in the game's final buzzer as Greece stunned Romania to win 9-10.
A big clash was scheduled to take play as fourth match which saw Serbia trying to regain a good position in the group if they managed to get a good result against Croatia. A clash of the titans a match-up between the two sides always is, and was again on Saturday in front of around 3,500 people at the Alfred Hajos stadium. And the encounter went on to be close, yet again. Serbia looked to have the upperhand in the first half twice establishing a 2-goal lead in the second quarter, but lost momentum when Croatia turned the score around in their favour in the third period. After standout Filip Filipovic, once again coming up huge scoring four goals, netted his fourth for the 6-7 lead midway through the third quarter, the game went into a tense final phase. Andro Buslje opened up the scoring the fourth session to tie the game at 7-7 finishing off a nice man-up play, but already in the next posession saw youngster Dusan Mandic answering for Serbia to regain the lead. It became obvious that the big opportunities for deciding the match were on extra man, but either team turned up their defence so scoring became even more difficult.
The one player that manages to break it though was Petar Muslim who, after a double exclusion on the Serbian side, netted his only goal of the game to bring Croatia back to 8-8 and that proved to be the final score, despite multiple opportunities for either side in the four minutes that were left to play. In fact, it was Croatia who got man-up with 0.43 remaining but could not convert because of Serbia's furocious defence and in the next counter-attack, Sandro Sukno was excluded so Serbia came up with a huge opportunity to score the winner. Captain Zivko Gocic got the ball from Andrija Prlainovic (present today, even after his red card against Hungary in the previous match because no brutality was involved there), had no time to hesitate but saw his shot being saved by Croatia goalkeeper Josip Pavic. In the last seconds Prlainovic took a hit but saw his attempt exploding off the left-post. For Serbia it seems the game against Spain, just as for the Spaniards, will decide who will advance of the two sides while the group's second position is not out of sight if Croatia falls to Hungary on Monday.
Another big clash, that looked to be the battle for first place in group B, saw Italy taking on Montenegro after the little break on Saturday in Budapest. A tough match between two teams that know eacht other very well, not the least because multiple Montenegro stars play in the Italian league, and the Montenegro head coach Ranko Perovic did so too as a player, but also because the priority in this match-up clearly was defensive organisation and getting stops. Both succeeded although the Montenegrins not made things better by missing their first eleven shots of the game leaving them scoreless in virtually the entire first half. A first half that not featured many goals anyway as the Italian did things slightly better by netting two shots in the opening period (youngsters Di Fulvio and Velotto) but also remained scoreless in the second term for the 2-1 half-time score after Mladjan Janovic finally found the net on a counter-attack with three seconds remaining.
Things changed in the second half though where the match became more attractive to the neutral fan and saw more goals, although not a lot. Left-hander Valentin Gallo put Italy up 3-1 but Montenegro struck back with two consecutive goals, scored by Predrag Jokic and captain Nikola Janovic. Andrea Fondelli then showed his abilities by scoring the next two goals for Italy but in both cases saw Montenegro responding. First, Aleksandar Ivovic struck with 0.48 to go in the third quarter, and topping that by scoring another one early fourth period to put the Montenegrins up 4-5. After Fondelli scored his second in the next possession, the game became more nervous with the defences tight as ever. A draw looked evident, but not so much in the final minute when Andrea Fondelli scored his third of the game as Italy all of a sudden led 6-5 with just 0.45 remaining. But Montenegro was not done. Velotto got excluded in the following possession Montenegro still managed to tie after captain finished off a quickly played extra man from the left side with fiveteen seconds on the clock. A turnover ended Italy's hope for an incredible winner in the final seconds as the 6-6 tie remained on the scoreboards and leaves the overall goal difference in the group as decider for first place. That now looks in Montenegro's favour, especially considering they will take on winless Georgia in the final preliminary round on Monday.
Spain keeps quarter-final hope alive - Budapest 2014 day 6
© Marcel ter Bals2014 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
Schedule and results
Saturday, 19 July (men)
Spain vs. France 13-5 (2-0, 3-3, 4-2, 4-0)
Spain scorers: Albert Español 5, Alberto Munarriz 2, Marc Roca, Guillermo Molina, Marc Minguell, Francisco Fernandez, Xavi Garcia.
France scorers: Michaël Bodegas 2, Enzo Khasz, Petar Tomasevic, Alexandre Camarasa.
Georgia vs. Russia 12-16 (3-3, 1-4, 7-4, 1-5)
Georgia scorers: Damir Tsrepulia 4, Marko Elez 4, Marko Jelaca, George Khvedeliani, Mikheil Baghaturia, Marino Franicevic.
Russia scorers: Ivan Nagaev 4, Konstantin Stepanyuk 4, Artem Odintsov 2, Vladislav Timakov 2, Dmitrii Kholod 2, Roman Shepelev 2.
Romania vs. Greece 9-10 (3-2, 2-3, 2-2, 2-3)
Romania scorers: Nicolae Diaconu 4, Cosmin Radu 2, Andrei Cretu, Alexandru Matei, Alex Popoviciu.
Greece scorers: Emmanouil Mylonakis 2, Alexandros Gounas 2, Angelos Vlachopoulos 2, Ioannis Fountoulis, Christos Afroudakis, Evangelos Delakas, Konstantinos Mourikis.
Croatia vs. Serbia 8-8 (2-3, 3-2, 1-2, 2-1)
Croatia scorers: Sandro Sukno 3, Luka Loncar 2, Petar Muslim, Andro Buslje, Niksa Dobud.
Serbia scorers: Filip Filipovic 4, Dusan Mandic, Milos Cuk, Andrija Prlainovic, Stefan Mitrovic.
Italy vs. Montenegro 6-6 (2-0, 0-1, 2-3, 2-2)
Italy scorers: Andrea Fondelli 3, Francesco di Fulvio, Alessandro Velotto, Valentino Gallo.
Montenegro scorers: Nikola Janovic 2, Aleksandar Ivovic 2, Mladjan Janovic, Predrag Jokic.
Germany vs. Hungary 8-16 (3-4, 4-5, 0-3, 1-4)
Germany scorers: Julian Real 2, Heiko Nossek 2, Marko Stamm 2, Moritz Oeler, Andreas Schlotterbeck.
Hungary scorers: Denes varga 5, Marton Vamos 2, Norbert Hosnyanszky 2, Balazs Harai 2, Norbert Madaras, Balazs Erdelyi, Adam Decker, Marton Szivos, Daniel Varga.
14.30: Romania vs. Greece
16.00: Croatia vs. Serbia
19.00: Italy vs. Montenegro
20.30: Germany vs. Hungary
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Europeo Masc : Hungría, a semifinales
19/07/2014 - Al cierre de la cuarta jornada del Europeo de Budapest se va clarificando la historia de los conjuntos que avanzarán a cuartos y semifinales. En el Grupo A, se confirma el pase a la siguiente fase de Italia, Montenegro y Grecia, quedando pendiente el liderato. En el B, Hungría se ha asegurado matemáticamente la primera plaza, y Croacia, Serbia y España lucharán por las otras dos en un lunes que se presume de infarto.
La emoción no cesa en el Europeo Masculino de Budapest, que apenas ha clarificado el desenlace de su primera fase en la jornada de hoy sábado. En el grupo A, italia y Montenegro han empatado a seis goles para mantener igualada su carrera por la primera plaza. Los dos equipos suman diez puntos, si bien serán los italianos quienes afrontarán el test más complicado el próximo lunes, contra Grecia, equipo que hoy ha vencido gracias a una épica remontada en el último minuto ante Rumanía (10-9) y que se sitúa tercero a un punto, asegurándose, como poco, la tercera plaza. Los montenegrinos harán frente a la débil Georgia, que sigue sin poder vencer un encuentro tras caer hoy con Rusia por 12-15.
En el grupo B, tras la victoria de España ante Francia (13-5), todo el staff de la Selección y sus jugadores han estado atentos al Croacia-Serbia de esta tarde. En un duelo igualadísimo y en el que ambos conjuntos han podido vencer se ha producido uno de los resultados menos deseables para las aspiraciones españolas, el empate a ocho goles, que avanza un lunes de infarto. España deberá, en consecuencia, vencer a Serbia o, al menos, forzar un empate. El primer escenario asegura el billete a semis, pero para el segundo se precisa una derrota de Croacia con Hungría para así forzar el average. Ajeno a todo problema está el conjunto anfitrión, cuya victoria ante Alemania (8-16) le da el pleno de puntos -12- y la clasificación matemática para semifinales.
En el capítulo de estadísticas indidivuales, triple empate a 12 tantos en la cima de la lista de goleadores entre el serbio Filip Filipovic, el ruso Konstantin Stepanyuk y nuestro Albert Español. A destacar también la octava plaza de Marc Minguell, que acumula ocho. También sobresale en el capítulo de robos de balón nuestro meta Iñaki Aguilar, que conserva el liderato en la materia con 11, dos más que el húngaro Viktor Nagy.
El lunes se disputará la última jornada de la fase previa, que definirá los primeros cuartofinalistas por el título y la 7ª plaza, previstos el miércoles. Se ahorrarán esta ronda los primeros y cuartos de cada liguilla, que entrarán en concurso en las semifinales del viernes. El sábado se jugará el duelo por el 7º y el 9º lugar, y el domingo, las grandes finales.
Clasificaciones de grupo: http://www.ecwaterpolo2014.com/standings/men/
Estadísticas individuales: http://www.ecwaterpolo2014.com/rankings/men/
Español: "La clave ha sido nuestra concentración
19/07/2014 - España cierra el cuarto capítulo del Europeo con una importante victoria ante Francia, un resultado muy valorado por los protagonistas, especialmente por la diferencia de goles lograda. Este resultado abre escena de cara a la siguiente final: la todopoderosa Serbia, contra la que Gabi Hernández aboga por salir a ganar, sin complejos.
Para empezar, el seleccionador se mostraba sorprendido por el resultado: "No esperábamos ganar por un marcador tan holgado, porque habíamos previsto un partido que se decidiría al final. Duro sí ha sido, pues en las dos primeras partes no lográbamos escaparnos. Sin embargo, en el momento más delicado de la tercera parte hemos roto el partido y hemos tenido la ambición necesaria para conseguir la máxima diferencia".
Albert Español, máximo realizador del día con cinco tantos, valoraba precisamente este último detalle: "Estamos muy contentos porque hoy era importante ganar y hacerlo con la máxima diferencia de goles posible para favorecer nuestro goal average en caso de empate con Croacia. Francia no es un rival nada fácil, ya que había logrado dar la cara contra Serbia, Croacia y Hungría, pero nuestra concentración desde el inicio hasta el final ha sido clave. Cuando jugamos así hacemos las cosas bien y es muy difícil ganarnos".
El próximo rival, Serbia, vuelve a llegar como una nueva final a todo o nada para los nuestros. Gabi Hernández: "No tenemos nada que perder. Son un equipazo y tienen a los mejores jugadores, pero saldremos a ganar con lo que somos. Buscaremos jugar con intensidad, con ambición y talento, que lo tenemos, y luego ya veremos qué ocurre. En todo caso, para nosotros este partido es como una final a todo o nada en la que buscaremos el resultado que nos interesa, que no es otro que la victoria".
El Serbia-España se disputará el lunes a las 16:00h de la tarde.
España, golpe de autoridad ante Francia (13—5)
19/07/2014 - Sólido partido de la Selección Masculina, que ha dominado a Francia con una gran intensidad en defensa y liderada en ataque por un efectivo Albert Español, que, con sus seis tantos de hoy, ya es el máximo realizador español del campeonato. Este resultado sitúa a los nuestros en segunda plaza provisional con siete puntos, igualado con Croacia y un punto por delante de Serbia, equipos que se miden esta tarde.
Gabi Hernández había reclamado a los suyos valentía y coraje para el encuentro ante Francia. Sólo servía la victoria, y el equipo había previsto un planteamiento duro por parte del mejorado conjunto francés, que ya había logrado derrotar a los nuestros en el Torneo de Portugalete. Sin embargo, los momentos de ambos compromisos se han demostrado diferentes, y la Selección de la cuarta jornada en Budapest tiene muy poco que ver con aquel equipo todavía en plena fase de carga de trabajo físico. Intensa y ordenada en defensa y muy efectiva en ataque, los nuestros han impuesto su ley de principio a fin.
La Selección ha arrancado con un ataque veloz y una defensa muy ordenada y que ha logrado anular al jugador más destacado del arco galo, Mike Bodegas. Marc Minguell y Alberto Munarriz se han ocupado con tesón de ello, mientras el equipo convertía toda recuperación en ataques rápidos. En uno de ellos, Albert Español ha firmado el primer tanto español, y el propio protagonista transformaría poco después un penalti cometido por Thibault Simon sobre Balasz Sziranyi.
Con el 2-0, Florian Bruzzo ha ordenado a su defensa un punto más de intensidad, abandonando el esquema utilizado hasta ese momento para agobiar a nuestro arco con un intenso pressing. No ha variado el escenario en el inicio del segundo cuarto, momento en que Francia ha anotado su primer gol, obra de Petar Tomasevic en superioridad. Fran Fernández ha roto la sequía goleadora española también en hombre de más con un chut desde el extremo. 3-1. En la siguiente acción ha llegado uno de los momentos clave del partido. Mike Bodegas ha anotado aprovechando una doble superioridad gala por expulsión de Marc Roca y Blai Mallarach, que cometía su segunda falta personal. Aunque advertido de este detalle desde la banda por Iván Pérez, Gabi Hernández ha mantenido al jugador de Olympiacos en el agua, con la mala fortuna de que los colegiados le han señalado su tercera expulsión en la siguiente acción.
A pesar de la pérdida de uno de nuestros hombres clave, la Selección ha seguido persistiendo en ataque, y los frutos no han tardado en llegar. Marc Minguell ha firmado un golazo de revés para recuperar los dos tantos de ventaja. A menos de un minuto del descanso, en la jugada cómica del partido, un penalti errado por Albert Español ha derivado en un rebote recogido por un jugador francés que, presionado por Español, ha enviado la pelota atrás en dirección a su portero, Remí Garsau, que la ha recogido del interior de su red. El 5-2, que los árbitros han otorgado en la piscina a Español, queda reflejado en el acta oficial figura como gol sin dueño y añadido al final a modo de anexo. Antes del receso, Alexandre Camarasa ha recortado distancias para una Francia que seguía sin darse por vencida.
En la reanudación, España ha recuperado su máxima diferencia (6-3) con la primera diana de Xavi Garcia. Francia ha despertado con un rápido parcial de 0-2, obra a Bodegas, de penalti, y Enzo Khasz, al contragolpe. Este último tanto, muy celebrado por la numerosa hinchada francesa en la grada, ha caído como una losa para el cuadro español, que sentía la obligación de volver a remangarse si quería evitar el empate galo.
Pero España ha pasado de la nada al todo. En los últimos cuatro minutos, dos tantos de Albert Español, uno de Marc Roca y un latigazo de Willy Molina a 29" del final han recobrado una distancia providencial: 9-5. Ante una Francia tocada mentalmente y que, desde entonces, ha bajado los brazos, la Selección no ha dejado de persistir en los últimos ocho minutos de juego, recogiendo como premio cuatro dianas más, obra de Munarriz y Español, dos por jugador, que situaban el electrónico en el definitivo 13-5 y elevaba la ventaja final a +8. Este dato resulta especialmente interesante para nuestro equipo si se precisa de un desempate para acceder a cuartos (éste seguiría el average general, a diferencia del torneo femenino, que sólo computa el de los conjuntos implicados).
Con los tres puntos de hoy, España se sitúa con siete puntos en la clasificación y espera definir su posición en función del Serbia-Croacia de esta tarde (16:00h). El próximo partido, último de la fase preliminar, nos medirá a los serbios el lunes a las 16:00h, un duelo que los nuestros saldrán a ganar al margen de otras combinaciones que nos den el acceso a cuartos.
Ficha del partido
España 13-5 Francia
Parciales: 2-0, 3-3, 4-2 y 4-0
España: Iñaki Aguilar, Alberto Munarriz (2), Javi Bustos, Marc Roca (1), Guillermo Molina (1), Marc Minguell (1), Balasz Sziranyi, Albert Español (5), Marc Larumbe, Fran Fernández (1), Blai Mallarach, Xavi Garcia (1) y Edu Lorrio.
Entrenador: Gabi Hernández
Francia: Remi Garsau, Remi Saudanier, Arnaud Jablonski, Enzo Khasz (1), Romain Blary, Thibaut Simon, Mathieu Peisson, Manuel Laversanne, Mehdi Marzouki, Mickael Bodegas (2), Petar Tomasevic (1), Alexandre Camarasa (1) y Jonathan Moriame.
Entrenador: Florian Bruzzo
Árbitros: Petar Abramovic (Montenegro) y Mario Bianchi (Italia)
Entrenador: Gabi Hernández
Entrenador: Florian Bruzzo
ESP—FRA a todo o nada para España (11:30h)
18/07/2014 - La Selección Masculina afronta mañana contra Francia una nueva final ante Francia, colista del grupo con tres derrotas. El conjunto de Gabi Hernández se ha preparado para un encuentro que prevé difícil, y para el que sólo les vale la victoria si desean seguir aspirando a estar en los cuartos de final. El choque podrá seguirse en directo por Eurosport 2 y www.len.eu. Teledeporte lo ofrecerá en diferido a las 17:15h.
Tras la victoria ante Alemania, España vuelve a la acción en la cuarta jornada del Europeo Masculino de Budapest, que cruza a los nuestros con Francia en el primer partido del día (11:30h). El discurso previo al encuentro del seleccionador no dista demasiado del que conocimos en la previa de Alemania: "De nuevo, sólo nos vale la victoria si queremos seguir en la pugna por los cuartos de final, así que habrá que volver a salir a luchar con todo. Esperamos un partido duro, con mucho contacto, similar al del jueves y que no se decidirá hasta los minutos finales si se sigue un desarrollo lógico".
Francia ya derrotó a España en el Torneo Internacional de Portugalete (10-9), un resultado que, por entonces, el técnico ya utilizó a modo de aviso para todos. También lo recordaba Blai Mallarach: "Son un conjunto con muchos recursos. Tienen boyas fuertes y buenos lanzadores de arco. Nos ganaron con merecimiento en Portugalete, y ahora nos llega el momento de sacarnos la espina".
España llega con todos sus efectivos en plena forma. También Francia, si bien su estrella, Mike Bodegas, deberá jugar con una protección en la ceja tras los seis puntos de sutura que le causó un rodillazo de Sandro Sukno en el último cuarto del partido contra Croacia. El conjunto de Florian Bruzzo ya no aspira a quedar clasificado para los cuartos, pero mantiene su aspiración a entrar en la lucha por el séptimo puesto, que garantiza un billete para el próximo mundial.
El España-Francia arrancará mañana a las 11:30h y podrá seguirse en directo por Eurosport 2 y www.len.eu. Teledeporte lo ofrecerá en diferido a las 17:15h.
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