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M. Andriuška was more disappointed with the result than with the match after the second defeat in the 2022 European Championship selection competition.
After a specific crush in Iceland at 8:36 pm, the Lithuanians were hoping for a point or two in an emotional home game with Portugal.
“Everyone saw that the result did not reflect the course of the game. We can bow our heads against the men, thanks for coming, thanks for complying with what we said before the game, only one ball flew towards the side lines.
But it is necessary to score goals from six meters, it is necessary to score goals in the second row, – the coach of the Lithuanian team emphasized the lack of achievement. “One hundred percent release not released.”
“You don’t throw, you throw,” added Gerdas Babarskas, one of the leaders of the Lithuanian team.
The break in the game occurred at the beginning of the second half.
After losing the first half of the match after 2:18 pm, the Lithuanians’ hopes began to fade as they hit the Portuguese two-meter goal.
It is Alfredo Quintana, 32, who repelled a series of Lithuanian attacks. The Porto club goalkeeper kept raising his fist and screaming with joy without spectators at the Siemens Arena match: it was the number one problem for the Lithuanians for the first time.
“A few years ago we played at home with them plus 3, but we lost by one goal without shooting six meters. In Portugal, the same goalkeeper took several shots at the end of the match and the match ended in a draw.
Now he has bounced five balls in a row, which will seriously break the morale of the players, M. Andriuška spoke about A. Quintana. “When six people jump on defense, and then the winger hits the goalie on the run, then you bounce back, that’s minus 4 out of minus 4.”
Arno Strumilos / 15min nuotr./Aidenas Malašinskas
He stressed that the majority of the Portuguese national team handball players represent the Porto club, and adding some players from foreign clubs is not difficult to play.
The Lithuanians solved different puzzles this week, as Jonas Truchanovičius and Gerdas Babarskas contributed after the game with Iceland; before they had COVID-19 and were waiting for the news of when they could leave the French clubs and come to the Lithuanian team.
“Thanks to Gerd and Jonas, they add a high ladder, form a team, work in a completely different way during training,” praised the players coach M. Andriuška.
Arno Strumila / Photo 15min / Moment of the match
G. Babarskas, who scored 3 goals, said that playing after COVID-19 was not easy.
“I didn’t have a very bad time, there were no big problems, but I had to sit at home for two weeks. I feel like the condition is not the same, the body does not listen.” 15 minutes when asked about his well-being, G. Babarskas spoke up. – I stretched my leg during the game, I couldn’t help the team in the last minutes because my body got used to the load of the game.
He lies in bed for two weeks and then straight to the square. But that’s the manual. “
Arno Strumila / Photo 15min / Moment of the match
Like all sports, the handheld now maneuvers through COVID-19 traps.
The next game of the fourth qualifying group between Iceland and Israel, which was to take place over the weekend, was postponed due to a coronavirus.
Now, in the group, Portugal ranks first (4 points, 2 matches), Iceland, second (2 points, 1 match) and Lithuania has no points with Israel.
The top two teams will exit the group at the 2022 European Championship, but the third will also have a chance: the top four teams from the eight selection groups will advance to the final stage of the European Championship, where the Lithuanians played for the only time. in 1998.
While it may not be enough to beat Israel, now the next match will take place with this team. Both games are scheduled for March.
“There have been so many curiosities, many quarantines, that you don’t want to predict what they will be like,” M. Andriuška did not comment on the opportunities that remain in the fight for entry to the European Championship. “We may have to rest in March.”
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