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It got dramatic in the latter.
The score was 23-23 with 15 seconds to go and Sweden scored a penalty.
Melissa Petrén, who scored three goals on penalties early in the game, shot no better than the ball took the post.
– Now it’s not so much fun, it’s just to keep going, Petrén tells TV 6.
Spain had one last chance to decide, but did not come to a sensible conclusion.
The tie means Sweden is ready for the middle round, how many points you get will depend on how you do against Russia on Monday.
Federal captain Tomas Axnér chose an inexperienced starting lineup against Spain.
Only left Jamina Roberts and midfielder Linn Blohm reached more than 100 internationals, the other starting players did not reach 100 together.
Sweden went from 2-3 to 6-3, an artistic goal from Linn Blohm that put the ball into a post with a backhand.
– Blohm is the best midfielder in the world, there is no doubt, says handball expert Claes Hellgren on TV6.
Spain took the lead at 7-6 and when Isabelle Gulldén managed to equalize 8-8 on a penalty shot, Silvia Navarro, the 41-year-old Spanish goalkeeper, showed that she read Gulldén’s penalties.
After seven minutes without a Swedish goal, Axnér ran out of time.
– You must not stop daring when you have your nose in the right direction, says Axnér.
Two goals from Melissa Petrén put the score at 9-9, but when Navarro continued to play marvelously, retiring at halftime with a save percentage of 47, Spain could start the second half with a 13-10 lead.
– They play with a lot of tempo changes, says midfielder Anna Lagerquist during the break.
Melissa Petrén was one of the few players who had a total commitment in most of what she did. Petrén scored four of Sweden’s goals in the first half, missed some but together with Linn Blohm with whom the Spanish defense had the biggest problems.
Carin Strömberg showed the great sense of the game that he has when he met Linn Blohm and Anna Lagerquist on the line several times.
In the second half, Axnér chose to put goalkeeper Jessica Ryde on the bench. Filippa Idéhn came in, more experienced, but it was not Idéhn’s big matches that brought Sweden into the race without many technical errors from the Spanish players.
When Linn Blohm went 18-18, Axnér let in Isabelle Gulldén, who has been a blue-yellow star for ten years, but Gulldén didn’t get many minutes either now.
Blohm shot 20-19, pushed 23-22, with four minutes remaining, Spain tied 23-23.
There weren’t many stops on Idéhn’s account, but he ultimately made a couple of decisions late in the match.
That Spain has a good generation Over time, he proved it at the World Cup in Japan a year ago when they lost the final to the Netherlands 30-29 after a dramatic finish to say the least.
Now they are forced to play without left-back Alexandrina Barbosa, who was part of the All-Star Team at the World Cup, who is injured.
Russia, which easily beat Spain in the Euro Cup opener, beat the Czech Republic by just under 23-22 and is ready for the intermediate round.
But the Russian players want to go ahead with four points, a win against Sweden on Monday gives them a fantastic starting position for the future.
