This Sunday, Spain added its first Paris 2024 victory against Germany (0-2), the current world champion, which it overcame with goals from José María ‘Chefo’ Baserra and Pepe Cunill, a day after heavy defeat suffered in their debut against Great Britain (4-0) and the German victory against France (8-2).
Basterra, the Getxo striker, scored a hat trick against Germany (0-3) just a month ago, on June 6 in London, in a Pro League match, and this Sunday he opened the scoring with a match, tomorrow at half-time, with Spain recovering from yesterday’s disappointment and Luis Calzado a sure shot at the door.
The Spaniards and Germans brought intensity to the game from the start, with the ball from one field to another very quickly and with Calzado as a guarantee. The Spanish goalkeeper made an excellent save with his right foot on a cross ball from Marco Milkau and gave Gonzalo Peillat the first warning.
The Olympic champion with Argentina in 2016, a nationalized German, and a penalty corner specialist, collided with the Spaniard in the first in Germany, as well as his teammate Hannes Mueller with a good option that was in the second quarter.
Jean-Paul Danneberg also stopped the goal from a shot by Pepe Cunill and from the first penalty by José Mará ‘Chefo” Basterra, but he did not have the same success in the second after the break. The forward from Getxo made his debut as a scorer in his second Games and scored his fourth goal against Germany in just over a month.
The familiarity of the Spaniards forced Andre Henning’s men to find gaps in opposing areas, crashing into the rival defensive wall. The publication assigned the olés to a save by Rafa Vilallonga, who drove the ball into the German goal, and another from behind by Xavi Gispert.
Bruno Font on another solo run down the right wing and ‘Chefo’ Basterra scored, but the final goal was scored by Pepe Cunill and the video referee endorsed the goal for Max Caldas’ team.
Luis Calzado dominated again against Johannes Grosse and Thies Prinz and repeated the challenge against Gonzalo Peillat’s penalty corner. Spain will face France on Tuesday, the host now coached by former Spanish coach Fred Soyez.
Data sheets
0 – Germany: Danneberg; Mueller M., Brambusch, Peillat, Ludwig; Grambusch, Grosse, Prinz, Mueller H.; Wellen, Weigand -starting team- Kauffmann, Miltkau, Zwicker, Hellwig, Ruehr.
2 – Spain: Shoes; Alonso, Bonastre, Gispert; Cunill, Miralles, Menini; Vilallonga, Basterra, Reyné, Font -starting team- Iglesias, Clapés, Recasens, De Ignacio-Simó, Rodríguez.
The objectives: 0-1: José María Basterra (m.32, pc). 0-2: Pep Cunill (m.53).
Referees: Van’t Hek (NED) and Madden (GBR). They showed Mueller (GER) a green card.
Incidents: Match on the second day of group A of the Paris 2024 hockey tournament, played on field 1 of the Yves-du-Manoir stadium.
Source: La Verdad
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