With the absence of the public in the stands and minimal participation of the press to prevent coronavirus contagion, the Handball World Cup began in a week when the world stops for vaccines and the development of cure, but the sport continues and in Egitpo everything is given so that on the court you can see the best in the world,On this Friday, it was the turn of the Argentina national team to debut in the tournament, which changed format compared to 2019, with a style similar to the one we see in the Mudial of FIFA (8 groups of 4 teams) and did so with a long but hard-working victory between Congo by 28 to 22.
In an even and errorful first stage, The Gladiators suffered the Africans and went down on the scoreboard, but in the second stage the great Albicelest figures were awakened, among which was Juan Bar, who replaced Leonel Maciel in the arch. In the attack, the goalscorers were left-handers Federico Pizarro and Ramiro Martínez, with five scores each, while also contributing good moves Diego “Chino” and Pablo Simonet to set the final result, the first two points to keep the provsoria summit of Group D.
Argentina debuted with victory and now goes through Bahrain. Photo: Twitter @CAHandball
Argentina will now play again on Sunday 17th, at 14:00 (Argentine time), against Bahrain (4th of the 2020 Asian Championship), a key duel to be well placed in the area, as in the next stage of round main, points are drawn from the ranked opponents he faced in the groups. The closure of the area will be against Denmark, the reigning world champion, on Tuesday, January 19. The classification for Argentina in this Group D would not be a problem, since the best three in the area get into the next stage, in which those led by Manolo Cadenas will face the winners of Group C, where Croatia, Qatar, Angola and Japan are located and there are defined the two tickets to the quarter-finals.
