Alex Dushebaev needed to snicker at the moment SPORTS1 on her technique to the dressing room she was stopped within the combined space.
“The sport has been lengthy sufficient. I simply need to chill out and sit down,” stated the backcourt star, a teammate of DHB goalkeeper Andreas Wolf at KS Kielce.
After two overtimes, Spain beat Norway 35-34 in a dramatic World Handball Championship quarter-final.
“The sport is over, we’re carried out,” Dushebaev stated. “There have been many feelings.”
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Thanks to his brother Daniel and Vargas’ defender Gonzalo Perez, the 30-year-old was in good spirits regardless of the grueling thriller, however particularly in opposition to his opponent across the unfortunate crow Christian Bjornsen.
With 10 seconds left in regulation time, Spain have been successfully out of the event.
Leading by a subject purpose, Norway had the ball and wanted one other landing to make it 25-24 as time expired.
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But what occurred subsequent left followers, pundits and the media in disbelief – and offered the Spaniard with a breakthrough that was as soon as considered unimaginable, which on the time was unbelievable. (Report: Losing the ball in an accident)
“I did not give it some thought anymore,” veteran Joan Canellas defined in an interview SPORTS1: “Norway ought to have thrown – it was a mistake. Time ran out and we scored the final purpose.”
But Bjornsen’s deadly determination to offer the ball again with six seconds left, which the referees penalized as passive play, gave the Iberians one final probability, with Daniel Dushebaev pouncing on the siren to make up for it. Canellas: “It was a mistake they will not repeat, however fortuitously they did it in opposition to us.”
“It was crazy”
Two time beyond regulation intervals adopted, wherein Dushebaev and goalkeeper Pérez de Vargas once more turned heroes with wonderful saves.
“I can not imagine it anymore. It was their mistake. It’s been 60 minutes and also you’re so drained. But I feel they need to have stopped the assault even when they did not rating. But at the moment there wouldn’t be extra time,” says the star defender.
His conclusion about madness? “It was crazy. It was actually crazy.”
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Spain won’t ever give up
Those who’re declared lifeless dwell longer! And so Spain are again within the semi-finals forward of the 2021 World Cup, once more underrated by some regardless of their many successes on the European Championships in recent times.
“Many folks doubt that we’re outdated. Of course I’m outdated,” Canellas, 36, stated with a smile. “But we need to win, we need to combat.”
Duyshebayev added: “Many folks at all times underestimate us earlier than the event. But we imagine in ourselves, we at all times are.”
Playing with the nationwide group is very particular. “The greatest gamers of the world play right here. You need to present you should be right here, Canellas stated. – We are like one huge household, this provides us nice power… we can be collectively.
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Spanish stars concentrate on beer
After the sport, he and his team-mate Gedeon Guardiola appeared ahead to a chilly drink, which ought to have been within the lodge, not the dressing room.
“We deserve beer. This is additionally necessary for revival,” says the veteran. “Keep preventing and enjoying, it is nice.”
On Friday, Spain face Denmark within the World Cup semi-finals – a group nobody underestimates anymore.