The 'Hispanics' begin to watch the World Cup with a high-level duel against Denmark

MADRID, 11 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish men's handball team will face this Wednesday (9:00 p.m.) a demanding duel against the powerful Denmark, first rival of the EHF EURO Cup 2024, a tournament in which it participates for the third consecutive edition and in which it will begin to fine-tune its set-up for the 2023 World Championship.

The 'Hispanics' return to the competition three months after winning the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Oran (Algeria), an event where they did not attend with their most usual nucleus, and already in the final stretch of their preparation for the assault to the World Cup, which will have two high-level matches, both against Denmark and the one next Saturday in Jaén against Germany.

With the losses on the initial list of Ferrán Solé and Daniel Fernández, Spain will try to compete face to face with a rival with a lot of potential and that will have its entire arsenal led by Mikkel Hansen, Mathias Gidsel or Niklas Landin, who will seek to knock down again those of Jordi Ribera in their third confrontation of the year.

The national team won the first, and probably the most important, of the European Championship semi-finals (29-25), while the Danes got their revenge two months later in the Golden Cup with a 28-25 home win. , which they will now try to repeat again before their noisy public. Whoever wins will break the 22-win tie between the two combined.

"This will be a very important week for us as it is the last one before the specific preparation for the World Championship. Denmark is a team that we have faced many times before, especially in the final rounds of the big competitions, and for sure that will demand a high level of us throughout the match, we must give the best of ourselves", warned Ribera in statements provided by the RFEBM.