The 'Warriors' say goodbye to the European Cup beaten by France

The Spanish women's handball team lost (36-23) this Wednesday against France on the last day of the 'Main Round' of the 2022 European Championship, their farewell to the tournament, far from being able to play for fifth and sixth place, their last objective.

Spain aspired to be third in Group II before the day began, but the tremendous win by the Netherlands over Montenegro (42-25) made it impossible. It was already a difficult task to beat the French team, Olympic champion, but on top of that the 'Guerreras' needed to score 15 goals so as not to go home.

José Ignacio Prades' team finished the European Championship as it began, with a significant lack of effectiveness. Spain moved well in attack and forced several penalties, but the goals did not enter. France, on the other hand, scored their first goal after 10 seconds and led from start to finish. The withdrawal also punished those from Prades, with Chloé Valentini, Sercien Ugolin and Kanor, scorers.

Despite the fact that France rested important pieces, the Olympic champion did not want to neglect her streak towards six of six in the European Championship. Carmen Campos and Soledad López pulled the Spanish car, but the ballot was not the most motivating for a Spain that had run out of options to reach the semifinals with its tie last Sunday against the Netherlands.

The Spanish honor or making up a European fourth followed far from the best did not prevent the 'Warriors' from giving in little by little, with a 16-9 at halftime. France destroyed Prades' men in their defensive withdrawal and found forcefulness behind to prevent Spain from having a sweet farewell to SC Boris Trajkovski.

The evils became bigger in the second half, with Prades moving the bench to try to take advantage of the test. The last stretch was without a goalkeeper, looking for the attack in superiority but the galas, much more involved, forced the Spanish losses and scored more than one and more than two on empty goal.

With nothing at stake, France enjoyed crushing its neighbor, a classic that this time had no color. Runner-up in the world and Europe, the galas will have their revenge against Norway in the semifinals, while Denmark will play the other match against Montenegro. For Spain, a bitter end as ninth in Europe, knowing that they will have to play an important 'playoff' to be in the next tournament.

--EQUIPMENT.

FRANCE: Darleux (P), Andre (P), Toublanc, Coatanea, Valentini (6), D.Lassource (4), Zaadi, Sercien (5), Flippes, Canor (4), Horacek (5), C.Lassource (5). (1), Grandveau (2), Granier (3), Edwige, Foppa, I'm Minko, Dembele (4) y Ondono (2).

SPAIN: Nicole Wiggins (P), Maddi Aalla (P), Carmen Campos (5), Esther Arrojeria (2), Lara Gonzalez, Shandy Barbosa (2), Almudena Rodriguez, Irene Espinola, Paula Arcos (2), Jennifer Gutierrez (2). 3, Soledad Lopez (2), Paula Valdivia (2), Maitane Etxeberria (2), Kaba Gassama (1), Lysa Tchaptchet (1), Alba Spugnini (1) and Silvia Arderius.

--PARTIALS EVERY FIVE MINUTES: 2-1, 5-3, 8-4, 11-5, 13-7, 16-9, --rest--, 19-11, 22-13, 25-15, 29 -16, 31-18, 36-23.

--ARBITRATORS: Bojic-Cacic and Pozeznik.

--PAVIL: Boris Trajkovski SC Arena.