Spain dissipates doubts with an exhibition against Britain


The Spanish women's team dissipated on Tuesday the doubts of its premiere with an exhibition in front of Great Britain (0-14) on the second day of the skate hockey World Cup that is played in Novara (Italia).

After the unexpected draw on Monday in front of Chile (1-1), the team led by Sergi Macià He reacted in the best possible way, with an offensive feast thanks to the five goals of Aina Florenza, the four goals of María Sanjurjo, the double of Sara Roces, and the targets of Marta Piquero, Mariona Colomer and Victòria Porta.

This scoring festival was built on the suffocating pressure and the frantic rhythm with which Spain knocked out Britain from the initial beep.

María Sanjurjo The score premiered by hunting a rejection of his own shot (0-1, min.3), Marta Piquero He extended distances with a distant shot (0-2, min.5) and both were associated in 0-3 (min.7), Sanjurjo's work.

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Great Britain He tried to stop the storm with a dead time, but was unable to keep the ball against the Spanish team, which reduced the game to a siege. This was the goals of Sara Roces, Aina Florenza (2), Mariona Colomer and Sanjurjo to place 0-8 on the scoreboard at rest.

After the resumption, the same as Florenza (0-9, min.27) raided even more the way to the triumph of Spain, which signed its exhibition with five more goals in the last seven minutes, work of Florenza (2), Roces, Victòria Porta and Sanjurjo.

The coach Sergi Macià He stressed that his players fulfilled “the goal of adding goals” after defeating Great Britain (0-14) on Tuesday.

The Catalan coach admitted that such a bulky result could be decisive for the Spain's pass to the quarterfinals if there was an eventual draw to points with other selections, but stressed that the most important thing in this Tuesday's game was to improve the sensations with respect to Monday's draw against Chile (1-1).

“It was important to recover the players after the match against Chile. The goal was to feel themselves again.”


Sergi MaciàSpanish coach

“Beyond the 'Goal-Aege', it was important to recover the players after a second part in which they were not found. The goal was to feel themselves again and play the hockey they carry inside. Now it is time to recover and think about Italy, our next rival,” he said in statements to the Royal Spanish Skating Federation.

An opinion shared by Sara Roces, author of two goals: “It was a match in which we dominated from the beginning. We had to enter the championship, since yesterday we tied and we did not just feel ourselves.”

“He knows you badly for the rival, putting fourteen does not feel good to each other, but it is the format of the competition and we needed it. Now it is time to rest and think of Italy, which will be a hard rival and we will have to give everything to be first,” he added.

Technical file

0 – Great Britain: Thomas, Courtenay-Barrow, Bolt, McCarthy, Kneeshaw -cinco inicial-, Chandler, Key, Jansen-Bhatti y Abroudj-Ameur.
14 – España: Vicente, Florenza (5), Casarramona (1), Marta González (1), Sanjurjo (4) -initial five -, rocks (2), Colomer, Sara González, Porta (1).
Goals: 7 (45 '), 0-12 Florenza (48'), 0-13 Sanjurjo (49 '), 0-14 Florenza (49')
Incidents: Party of the 2nd Day of Group B of the Women's World Cup Hockey Patines de Novara (Italy).



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