The first day of competition of the Paris Games takes place this Saturday the debut of the Spanish men’s field hockey team.
The ‘Redsticks’ face Great Britain (10am), one of the favorites to fight for the medals. The European runners-up occupy second position in the FIH ranking, making them favorites against Max Caldas’ team.
Eighth in the world ranking, the group led by Álvaro Iglesias with three Games, with ‘Chefo’ Basterra, Alex Alonso and Joaquín Menini with two and an excellent group of debutants, are betting on their ball handling to face the British, whom they defeated last month in two Pro League duels.
“Great Britain is a very physical team, very fast and stressful. They have a very fast game speed, back and forth. and they attack with multitudes. The good and the bad are the same: what they play and they lack game variants when what they play doesn’t work for them. That’s the key to the game,” declared Max Caldas in the preview.
The RedSticks have recently faced the British twice. It was in the FIH Pro League this past June, where Max Caldas’ team lost both matches, 4-1 in the first match and 2-1 in the second, both played in London.
The last Spanish victory against the British came in last year’s Pro League, when Spain won 2-3 as a visitor in the group directed by Paul Revington. The RedSticks also won the Centennial tournament in August of last year. It’s on to the Shoot Outs after regulation time is tied at two o’clock.
Their goal is to get past the quarterfinals and try to get back on a podium. which he won four times: three as silver -Beijing 2008, Atlanta 96, Moscow 80- and one as bronze -Rome 60-.
Tomorrow, Sunday, a new match of the highest difficulty, in this case against Germany, the current world champion, a title he achieved in India in January 2023 and fifth in the world ranking. However, the results of the Spanish team against the Germans were very positive. And the RedSticks defeated the Germans in their Pro League double matchup, this June, by 2-4 and 0-3, as well as in the double matchup last year, by 4-3 and 1-3 in favor of Max Caldas.
Source: La Verdad
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