Space He has closed his participation in the Poland U21 World Cup with one, to practice, Intranscendent victory against France (41-40) that has allowed him to say goodbye to the World Cup event with a victory … but in a ninth position that knows very little For a generation so accustomed to winning.
And, after the disappointment of Be out of the quarterfinals of the Handball U21 World Cupthe Spanish team was 'condemned' to play The games that none of the favorites want to play: Those who determine the classification from the 9th to the 16th position.
Although they were not, for obvious reasons, the parties desired by the 'Hispanos Júnior', those of Javi Fernández knew how to show their best version yesterday against Croatia (34-31) and today against France.
In a first part to frame, and despite Do not count on the presence of a Petar Cikusa that has reached this World Cup, Because of your physical injuries and discomfort, far from your best momentthe 'Hispanos Júnior' have left to rest with a dresser Nine goals on the scoreboard (25-16).
But far from being down, the French have begun to carbure and They have clearly dominated the second part And, little by little and with a partial of 16-24 in the second 30 minutes after the resumption, they have been cutting distances in the electronic until you put a single goal in the final moments.
In fact, France has even had the last possession of the encounter, but They have not been able to launch the goal before the time rEglamentary
Xabier González (8 goals), Javier Miñambres (6), Josu Arzoz (5), Víctor Romero (5) and the Barca Djordje Cikusa (4) have led the attack of a Spain that He arrived in Poland with a much more ambitious goalbut at least goes home with a triumph.
A somewhat bitter triumph to put an end to a historic generation, that of 2004/05, which closes its training stage with three titles to its credit: Gold in the 2022 youth European, gold in the 2023 Youth World Cup in the 2024 Junior European. Next to nothing.
