16.07.2021, 10:05 PRELIMINARY ROUND REVIEW: Serbia and Spain topped the preliminary round groups at the Women's 19 EHF Championship in Italy |
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Serbia and Spain finished the preliminary round of the Women’s 19 EHF Championship in Italy in first place of their respective groups after they earned wins in Thursday's matches. In group A, Serbia narrowly prevailed against Italy (26:25), while Spain defeated Lithuania (25:18) in the group B finale.
Young players make the difference for Serbia From the 16 players in Serbia’s squad for their match against Italy, 10 were aged 18 or 19 years old. As a tight match unfolded, Serbia relied on two 17-year-old players to make the difference: Una Obrenovic and Tamara Kocic. Kocic scored eight goals in the match and was named Serbia’s best player, but Obrenovic scored the match-winning goal with just under three minutes remaining. Spain’s defence comes to the fore At the W17 EHF EURO 2019 in Slovenia, Spain conceded 205 goals in seven matches and finished the championship in 16th place. In two matches at the W19 EHF Championship Italy, Spain have only conceded 35 goals. Goalkeepers Lucia Alonso and Elena Rodriguez have had the advantage of facing fewer shots than their counterparts have for Lithuania and Israel, which suggests that Spain’s defence has had the upper hand in both matches, but – as per the match statistics – they have already stopped 31 shots. TEXT: Jamie Whittington |
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