Space Bronze has been hung in female water polo after winning the United States (12-13) in the match for the third and fourth place of the Singapore World Cup. After the painful defeat with Hungary in the semifinals, the Spanish team has resurfaced with a great victory against one of the most powerful combination of the championship, the American, habitual executioner of the Spanish, to get a World Cup podium for the third consecutive time thanks to a stellar Espar years, MVP of the match with four goals.
The stage of Jordi Valls At the head of the national team, substitute for Miki Oca, has been solved with a medal, and that has had to deal with changes in his squad, a team that also came from winning the Olympic title in Paris, a challenge. After the varapalo of the blunt defeat against Hungary (15-9) in the semifinalsSpain redone. It was not an easy match for either team, accustomed to fighting for the titles, were in a consolidation final, two teams in full generational reconstruction.
Y Spain dominated from the beginningfrom 0-1 scored by Esc, which exhibited gallons and was the spearhead of the new Spanish team, until the 2-4 with which the first quarter ended, in which the young women like Daniela Moreno or Paula Prats also scored.
The power of the United States in La Boya caused multiple superiorities for the Adam Krikorian team, but Spain was still up on the scoreboard with up to three goals of maximum difference and a new so much about to close the first half (4-7). Another The captain led Spain to its maximum difference by scoring a penalty (4-8). They were moments with a good defense and the contribution of Martina Terré in the goal.
United States squeezes and Spain resists
But so much loading in the buoy, the Americans began to get revenue in the superiorities and their top scorer, Emily Ausmus, scored three consecutive goals, although Spain two minutes from the end of the third quarter followed four above (7-11).
Everything began to complicate when the left Emma Lineback scored three goals in superiority To close a 3-0 partial and place your team 10-11 five minutes from the end. At the moment of truth, Paula Camus exhibited quality in 10-12, with 4 minutes ahead; Roemer discounted in another superiority (11-12) to 3:28 from the end; and Bea Ortiz was right in woman for 11-13.
Lineback, at 1:21, put the emotion again (12-13) and, from then on, many nerves. Krikorian asked for a dead time 49 seconds, but Space He recovered possession, through Anni Espar with 30 seconds for the end and the Americans playing with goalkeeper. In the end, the Jordi Valls team exhausted time and added its sixth medal in the World Cup, a demonstration that, despite the generational change, and the new coach, it is still on the right track.
