The Spanish women's volleyball team stayed one step away from obtaining the first victory in its history in a World Cupbut after achieving the milestone of winning a set and even standing with 2-1, He ended up yielding 2-3 before the powerful Canada On the second day of Thailand 2025 Group, in a match played at Nakhon Ratchasima.
The team led by Pascual Saurín, who on the first day had lost to Türkiye 3-0, dreamed during much of the meeting with the victory but He had to lean with partials of 25-22, 26-28, 26-24, 15-25 and 10-15 in one hour and 58 minutes.
Spain was advanced on the scoreboard after imposing itself on the first set by 25-22but Canada reacted and tied the contest in an even more equalized sleeve (26-28), which did not amilate the pupils of Saurín, which were installed in front (26-24).
On the other hand, the American team, who had won Bulgaria in his first meeting, increased the rhythm and his performance to force the tiebreaker with a 15-25, in which he showed up again to win the encounter with a 10-15.
Andrea Mitrovic, with 22 points, was the top scorer of the matchwell seconded by Hilary Johnson (19), Nyadholi Thokbuom (15) and Captain Emily Maglio (10), while in Spain Lucía Varela contributed 16 goals and Lola Hernández and María Segura 12 and Ana Escamilla 11.
The return of Spain to a World Cup has been marked by the illusion of a group that He chained five consecutive wins in his latest commitments: two in the pre -European against Georgia and Portugal, and three in friendlies in Vietnam against the local team and Kenya. However, despite the good benefit in these two games he has not been able to sign it with a victory.
The national team will face its third and final commitment of the group stage Next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. against Bulgaria.
