Fourth consecutive victory for Spain at the Junior European Championships in Celje (Slovenia)today against Austria at the start of the second phase play-off, 37-26 (22-14), which opens the doors to the semi-finals for the Hispanos wide open if they beat Portugal tomorrow (14:20) or Iceland on Thursday (14:20). Against Austria, another group winner, the Spaniards let themselves go midway through the second half (35-19) and limited themselves to finishing the match in which The debut of the 16-year-old left-back from Barça, Miguel Ángel Martín Duque, a 2.00-metre-tall Canarian who replaced Djordje Cikusa until the semi-finals, who was limping due to a blow.
Spain, which won the European Championship in this category two years ago, now presents itself with the team that won the last important tournaments in the youth stage, European and World Championships, described as a generational jewel and with several players already important in notable Asobal teams. Today, for example, Petar Cikusa (Bara) has decided that it was time to defend (advanced) and assist, and his passes have taken advantage of them Victor Romero (Granollers) or the extremes smurf (Bara) and Gonzlez (Anaitasuna) both of them in excellent form. And if that weren’t enough, Ferrn Castillo (Granollers) has contributed goal actions.
The initial 5-0 was already a sign of our clear superiority on the court, which started from a Effective defense with a lot of mobility of all. Then Austria decided to attack with seven, but nothing happened, there was no way. Guijarro (Granollers) came on and gave us a scare because he came out limping, but he returned in the second half, in which Spain came close to 20 points ahead. From then on, the classic continued but without killing ourselves, controlling the blows, because tomorrow it’s Portugal’s turn, the European runner-up in the category. Two teams have qualified for the semi-finals and the result for the Hispanos is clearly encouraging.