Spain dramatically lost the EC women’s handball match against Romania, 28-27, in the final phase. Bianca Bazaliu’s shot at the last second sealed the victory, and the coach of the Iberians, Jose Ignacio Prades, found the culprit in his team’s defeat.

Spain coach Jose Ignacio Prades says only luck brought Romania victory at WC Women’s Handball

At the end of the game against Romania, the Spanish coach blamed his team’s failure to score in the last phase, as well as the luck of the opponent.

“This is an absolutely undeserved defeat. The girls tried very hard. But that’s how it’s done in sports and you have to learn. Failure is part of the learning process.

The girls always thought they could win but we struggled with Pintea who was great and Nyagu who gave us a lot of pain with his passing and shooting.

Only the failure of the last throws and the drama of luck that Romania made, made us not get more.

I can’t blame the girls. Vice versa. Now I have to cheer them on, because the final with the Netherlands awaits us” – Jose Ignacio PradesAs.com reports, citing Gsp.ro.

Incredible calculations for Romania to reach the semi-finals of the European Women’s Handball Championship

Having entered the main Group II with zero points, Romania need the following results to reach the EC semi-finals in a surprising way.

• First of all, Romania must win their remaining matches: against Montenegro (Tuesday, November 15, 19:00) and Germany (Wednesday, November 16, 16:30). Disputes will be LiveText on HotNews.ro.

• France must win all the matches they have to play and thus finish Main Group II with the maximum result (10 points).

• The national team of Montenegro must lose all the matches it has to play (only three).

• The Netherlands need to win just one game and that is against Montenegro. However, it is necessary for Bataves to lose to Spain.

European Women’s Handball Championship, rating Main Group II

1. France (61-45) 4 (-1 match)

2. Montenegro (59-48) 4 (-1 match)

3. Germany (82-80) 2

4. Spain (73-79) 2

5. The Netherlands (81-90) 2

6. Romania (77-91) 2.

Know:

• The national teams occupying the first two places in the Main Groups will meet in the semi-finals (1st place in GP1 vs. 2nd place in GP2 / 2nd place in GP1 vs. 1st place in GP2).

• The medal matches will take place on November 20, 2022.

• Selector Florentin Pera said that the task of the “tricolors” is to get into the main groups.

• Christina Nyagu, the captain of the tricolors, started the European competition as the all-time top scorer with 264 goals in all competitions in which she participated.

• In the CE 2020 edition, Romania ranked 12th.

The Romanian team consists of 18 players: Yuliya Dumanska, Dachiana Khosu, Diana Chuke – goalkeepers; Alexandra Badea, Bianca Bazaliou, Eliza Buceski, Nicoleta Dinka, Sorina Grozav, Alexandra Dindiligan, Krina Pintea, Lorena Ostase, Laura Prystavice, Sonia Seraficanou, Andrea Tirle, Cristina Nyagu (Capt.), Diana Lixandrou, Corina Lupei and Michaela Mihai .