Gulf News The junior team meets Argentina at the World Handball Championship

Winning puts us out of qualifying for the finals

Our Junior National Handball Team will play its fourth round of the prelims at the World Championships in Macedonia on Sunday night against the Argentinean national team at 5:30 pm local time. The game is important for the team to determine its fate by qualifying for the main role or occupying the positions of the President's Cup, winning the calculations with the teams of the group. It will be the difference in goals between the teams equal in number of points according to the list of tournaments. The loss of any result is a deviation from it. Role

According to the tournament system, the first four teams in each group qualify for the finals. So far, Denmark has obtained the first card after winning the first three games, followed by Macedonia and Japan each of the two wins by the goal advantage for Macedonia and then our team in fourth place and goal difference of Argentina by two points and finally Nigeria by Last spot without points balance. Our team lost yesterday the third match before the host of the tournament, the Macedonian team (27/25) and finished the first half in favor of Macedonia also (12/9) to start in the possibilities of a qualifying complex for the final stages.

For the second time in a row, our players have not indicated their level of fame and have lost a game at hand, but the mismanagement of the attack has failed us on many occasions and goals, including 9 real opportunities in the first half and 12 chances in the second half, which no doubt favored the Macedonian team. Who came out with a two goal lead.

In the first three rounds, Argentina beat Macedonia and lost 10 goals from Denmark and Japan by three goals, enough to beat Nigeria by eight goals. They lost against Japan by three and Macedonia by two goals, which gave our team the right to progress in the standings against Argentina.

The match preparation schedule was limited to the morning workout in the playroom. The Icelandic coach focused on the mistakes made by our players against Macedonia and found appropriate solutions for solve technical problems and reorganize the team's position in the application of defensive and offensive methods. Video of the previous match, then some pictures of the Argentine team and how it behaves to know its strengths and weaknesses.

We are seeking compensation

"Today's match is the only hope for us – we will fight to achieve that goal and make up for the two previous defeats," said Ali Jaafar, our junior national team player. "He hopes things will work in our favor and that the team will take advantage of all the favorable conditions in his favor." Jafar said: "It is unfortunate to lose in this way, the team has not seemed so necessary and we made a lot of individual mistakes and bad luck was needed in times when the performance was improving and we could get back to the game, especially against Macedonia, we had the chance to draw these last few times, but we did not manage to score shots on goal, followed by two scoring opportunities as well, but we missed because of poor concentration.

He added: "We must now forget the previous results and focus on the game today is the only hope to qualify. We are aware that the potential of the Argentine team is a good team of the group. We must therefore respect the technical instructions on the ground and stay focused until the last minute if we wish. "To win."