Poland is one step away from sensation. And with the champions. But that last second … [WIDEO]

It was the last test for both teams before the European Championships starting on January 13 in Slovakia and Hungary. The duel – Spain decided about the first place in the event, because earlier both teams beat Iran high. .

Piotr Chrapkowski could have given a draw

Polish handball players played very well and were close to making a surprise and drawing with one of the best teams in the world – Spain. They are the current European champions, bronze medalists of the Olympic Games and the World Championships. It is true that they had to play in the tournament without their best player – Alex Duyshebaev z, but they still have a lot of great players.

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At the end of the game, the Spaniards had the ball leading by 26:25. Adam Morawski, however, perfectly saved Aitor Arino’s throw and launched a counterattack. A second before the end of the match, Rodrigo Corrales, the goalkeeper of the Spaniards and former player of Orlen Wisła Płock, won the situation one-on-one against.

Now the Poles are returning to Płock, where they will prepare for the European Championships. The final 18-person line-up for the tournament is to be announced by the coach on Tuesday. Poles will play against Austria at the start of Euro on Friday, January 14. Later, the rivals of the white and reds will be Belarus and Germany. Two best teams from the group come to the next phase.

Spain – Poland 26:25 (15:12)

Spain: de Vargas, Corrales, Hernandez – Maqueda 7, Fernandez 5, Guardiola 3, Tarrafeta 3, Figueras 2, Pecina 1, Sole 1, Casado 1, Garcia 1, Odriozola 1, Gomez 1, Canellas, Arino, Sanchez, Marquez, Gurbindo.

Poland: Kornecki, Morawski – Moryto 7 (5), Daszek 6, Olejniczak 4, Krajewski 3 (2), Syprzak 3, Beckman 1, M. Gębala 1, Pietrasik, Chrapkowski, Jędraszczyk, Przybylski, Adamski.