The Spanish men’s water polo team On Wednesday night he played his first preparatory match on the way to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In the concentration taking place now in Los Angeles, the group of David Martin is measured in USAwhich he won a painful 25-26 after an eternal cycle of penalties, decided for the Spanish by 13-14 after 12-12 where the regulation time ended.
David Martín gave the team his first tries in a match where both teams had a small advantage in their favor on the scoreboard. The most dangerous was achieved by the United States in the second quarter, where they went 6-3 in the beginning and 7-5 after the end to force Spain to recover in the third quarter. Felipe Perrone and Alberto Munarriz with five goals each and Roger Tahull with four they commanded the total number of goals for the Spanish team, with a bad 1/8 in superiorities (1/1 in penalties) compared to the American 2/6 (2/2 on penalties), whose goals were widely distributed among the North American team.
Spain began to dominate the buoy with goals from Miguel de Toro and Roger Tahull on two occasions. However, Johnny Hooper, Max Irving, Luca Cupido and Hannes Daube gave the United States a 4-3 lead at the end of the first quarter. Ryder Dodd and Alex Bowen increased their lead early in the second, but Alberto Munarriz and Felipe Perrone replied before Hooper made it 7-5 at the break.
Bowen’s penalty increased the score in the third, although Marc Larumbe and Sergi Cabanas appeared. Hooper restored the +2 to the Americans, but Roger Tahull made it 9-8 to reach the final quarter. In it, Perrone and Hallock traded goals, but De Toro and Tahull tied the score at 10-11. Daube tied with a counter-attack and Munarriz and Irving took the match to 12-12 where the regulatory time ends.
An endless penalty shootout, decided 13-14 for a final score of 25-26, gave the Spanish team victory. Felipe Perrone, Alberto Munarriz, Bernat Sanahuja, Fran Valera and Marc Larumbe assumed the drawings at the launch. The work is primarily his both Unai Aguirre and Edu Lorrio to guide a Spain that begins its Olympic preparations with a hard-fought victory and already has the first conclusions to continue adjusting the needs for future matches.
Match sheet
25-United States: Scorers Chase Dodd 3, Johnny Hooper 3, Alex Obert 3, Marko Vavic 3, Dylan Woodhead 3, Alex Bowen 2, Hannes Daube 2, Ben Hallock 2, Max Irving 2, Luca Cupido 1 and Ryder Dodd 1. Saves: 5 Drew Holland and 1 Adrian Weinberg
26- Spain: Scorers Felipe Perrone 5, Alberto Munarriz 5, Roger Tahull 4, Marc Larumbe 3, Bernat Sanahuja 3, Fran Valera 3, Miguel de Toro 2 and Sergi Cabanas 1. Saves: 3 Unai Aguirre and 2 Edu Lorrio
Parts: 4-3, 3-2, 2-3 and 3-4. 13-14 on penalties
Superiority: 2/6 United States with 2/2 in penalties and 1/8 Spain with 1/1 in penalties.
Incidents: First preparatory match for the Paris Olympic Games played in Los Angeles
Source: La Verdad
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