Spain breathes: victory against Greece and directly to the quarterfinals
Spain complied with the script. In a match in which he exhibited his best defensive virtues in the second and fourth quarters and in which the scoring contributions of Queralt Casas (16 points, PIR 15), Raquel Carrera (14 points, PIR 27) and Cristina Ouviña (12 points, PIR of 18), beat Greece (76-60) to take the lead in the group and qualify directly for the women's Eurobasket quarterfinals.
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The first quarter was terribly even, but Spain managed to get a minimal victory by two points (20-18).. Raquel Carrera and Alba Torrens, with six and four points, respectively, were perhaps the most outstanding of the team coached by Miguel Méndez, while Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, with nine points, and Artemis Spanou, with five, practically monopolized the scoring for the Greek side. .
The Spaniards exponentially improved their defensive performance in a second period in which Cristina Ouviña's offensive contribution shone above all (eight points) and in which Raquel Carrera and Laura Gil excelled in destructive tasks. Thus, they managed to leave by 13 points on the scoreboard (33-20), only to end up seeing how Greece, in a somewhat neater final stretch of the fourth, managed to cut things a bit to go to rest eight points behind in the bright (35-27).
Greece, despite everything, found their best offensive version in the restart and, even, very soon reduced the gap with the Spanish to just two points (40-38) in a third period in which Pinelopi Pavlopoulou and Elena Tsineke They stood out slightly above the rest of their peers.. On the part of Spain, meanwhile, the contribution of Raquel Carrera would ultimately be decisive to stop the rival push and be able to stand six points above the scoreboard in the last period (55-49), although with a partial defeat by 20-22 .
In the last and final period, however, Spain recovered its best defensive version and remained relentless in attack to end up overcoming a Greece that, in the end, was completely outclassed.. With a 21-11 run, in which Queralt Casas was absolutely decisive in attack and Laura Gil shone defensively, the team led by Miguel Méndez prevailed 76-60 and thus sealed their direct pass to the quarterfinals.. There he will face the winner of Germany-Türkiye.