The first day of competition of the Paris Games will see this Saturday The debut of the Spanish male selection of grass hockey.
The 'redsticks' are measured (10h) to Great Britain, one of the favorites to fight for the medals. The runners -up of Europe occupy the second position in the Ranking FIH, which makes them favorites against the team of Max Caldas.
Eighths in the world ranking, the group led by Álvaro Iglesias with three games, along with 'Chefo' Basterra, Alex Alonso and Joaquín Menini with two and a good group of debutants, bets on their ball handling to face the British entrance to the British, who surpassed them a month ago in the two duels of the Pro League.
“Great Britain is a very physical, very fast and stressful team. They carry a very fast, round -trip rhythm And they attack with many people. The good and the bad is the same: what they play and that they lack game variants when they do not work for what they play. There is the key to the party, ”said Max Caldas in the previous one.
The redsticks have recently faced twice against the British. It has been at the Fih Pro League this last June, where Max Caldas team fell into the two games, 4-1 the first envy and 2-1 the second, both played in London.
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The last Spanish victory over the British arrived in the Pro League last year, when Spain won 2-3 as a visitor to the team led by Paul Reilington. They also won the redsticks in the centenary tournament in August last year. It was in the Shoot Outs after drawing two regulation time.
Its goal is to overcome the quarterfinals and try to return to a podium who has stepped four times: three as silver -pekín 2008, Atlanta 96, Moscow 80- and one as a bronze -Roma 60-.
The next day, on Sunday, a new meeting of maximum difficulty, in this case against Germanythe current world champion, a title he got in India in January 2023 and is fifth in the world ranking. However, the results of the Spanish team against the Germans are very positive. And it is that the Redsticks have won the Germans in their double confrontation of Pro League, this June, 2-4 and 0-3, as well as the double confrontation of last year, for 4-3 and 1-3 in favor of those of Max Caldas.
