Space He won respect for the world of volleyball last Saturday in his party against Türkiyenow we had to take another step to continue straightening the course of a very hungry team to make it improve even the forecasts. An opportunity that was now provided against Canada, that although superior on paper, they were not going to make it easy. It was a game of all or nothing, the World Cup does not expect anyone.
The show of Spain: Canada against the strings
It all started with Spain in the game from the first minute. Neither nerves, nor could he stop a selection that was showing his greatest virtues and taking advantage of the number of united errors that the Canadian team produced in his game. The American were not comfortable and had a difference of four points on the scoreboard with 11-7. And although they shrink water until the final moments, Ana Escamilla He pulled the car next to a María Segura That was with very clear ideas. In addition, the positive point was the game from the center that was giving a lot of unpredictability to its game.
Spain was getting closer to closing the set and María Segura It had become insurance for the final moments. The veteran captain put theirs on the way to get the first set in the World Cup in Thailand 2025. The selection had it at the tip of the fingers and perhaps that is why Guidetti asked for a challenge and thus stop the game a bit. But it would not help him much when, after a long point as we were seeing throughout the set, Julia de Paula threw himself for the ball to put the final tip with 25-22. The first set in the history of Spain in a World Cup, was already at home. It should be remembered that those achieved so far were in the World Cup B, the consolidation box of the 1982 World Cup.
Canada's awakening: four set points for equality
The second set was not as good as the first. In fact, in the first measures Spain saw that Canada reacted by putting the 4-8 on the scoreboard and forcing Pascual Saurín To move the bench. With Raquel Lázaro and Jimena Gayoso On the track, the selection was able to maintain its rhythm of the game but the difference was still there. It was necessary to stop the game and refresh the game. It cost, but began to fold again. Lucia Varela He showed that he was still plugged in with one of his favorite balls, the souls, when he hunt the Canadians again. Dynamic in which Ana Escamilla. The game was now in 10-12. The set could still be traced.
Lucia Varela I was with the shield and the hammer, the same blocked that he attacked any ball when Raquel Lázaro He looked for her to partner with her. A party where also Jimena Gayoso He was starting to catch the rhythm of the game with feints to the line avoiding the blockade of Canada thanks to the speed of the placement. And so equality came with 15-15. It was Ana Escamilla who, from defender, would hit a pipe to return Spain ahead of the scoreboard in 17-16. But they were still going to suffer a little more, they were even with four set points against, the first Jimena managed to avoid it with a blockade, the second Segura Maria with a determining defense and attack, the third with a feint of Lola Hernández after the triple block and the fourth.
Mirovic for Spain
The game was going crazy with Spain even asking for dead time in 7-11 when it seemed that inaccuracies and unfdied errors arrived. A game that had to readjust with the course of the game, that was where the centrals Lucía Varela and Lola Hernández, along with a protagonist María Segura took a step forward. And more every time I touched Raquel Lázaro put the ball at stake from the serve line. It was Jimena Gayoso who matched the game again with 15-15, but it was still going to miss a lot to do to close the third.
Volleyball liones would even get ahead on the scoreboard, but Canada was not going to stay stone. Mitrovica He took the reins of his team's offensive game and carried the game to a 22-24 that could well have been lethal, but this time they already knew how to react. Again with the serve of Raquel Lázarofirst with the attack of María Segura With a clean attack, the second with the blockade Lola Hernández and then enduring a Thokboum attack error. Spain was ahead on the scoreboard and was missing the comeback, something that came with the ball out of Mitrovica.
Of the comeback … to the tire -break!
With a insured point, Spain had to go to try to close the game, but Canada needed victory not to get into trouble when playing against Türkiye. Johnson understood that a thousand wonders and next to the help of Thokboum and Mitrovic, they ended up dynamiting the score to a bulky 4-11 in their favor. Those of Pascual Saurín had to overcome the game again, but this time Canada wanted to impose himself at all times to send the match to a set of outcome. The Tie-Break was going to issue a sentence.
Canada began putting a slight advantage on the scoreboard with 2-0. A result that Spain was going to have to solve by the fast track because the Tie-Breaks do not make friends and a slip can be very expensive. Quin Pelland, who knows the Iberdrola League well as he was Haris's player, was going to get to work to expand that advantage and even he would be the one who would close the game. Spain had fallen.
Technical file
2 – España: Segura (12), Hernández (12), from Paula (3), Escamilla (11), Varela (16), Aranda (1) and Llabrés (L). They also played: Lázaro (0), Gayoso (9), Mavrommatis (0) and Schlegel (3).
Coach: Pascual Saurín.
3 – Canada: Pelland (1), Mitrovic (22), Thokboum (15), Smrek (6), Johnson (19), Maglio (10) Y Jost (L). También Jugaron: Guezen (5), Baker (0), Fayad (0), Savard (1), Borowski (0) Y Murmann (L).
Coach: Giovanni Guidetti.
Referees: Angela Grass (Bra, 1º Colegiada), Wael Kandil (Egy, 2º Colegiado) Y Daniele Rapisarda (Challenge).
PARTIAL: 25-22 (27 min.), 26-28 (26 min.), 26-24 (25 min.), 15-25 (27 min.), 10-15 (13 min.).
Incidents: Party corresponding to the second day of the E of the Women's Volleyball World Volleyball 2025 that was played in the Nakhon Ratchaasima (Thailand) pavilion against 1500 spectators.
