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Game 76, 21:00, men, SPAIN 11 CANADA 4 |
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 21:00 |
Quarter-final 1st-8th
Referees: Mario BRGULJAN (MNE), Daniel FLAHIVE (AUS)
Quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 6-0, 3-0
Teams:
SPAIN: Inaki AGUILAR, Mario GARCIA, David MARTIN, Blai MALLARACH (1), Guillermo MOLINA (2), Marc MINGUELL (2), Ivan GALLEGO, Albert ESPANOL (1), Xavier VALLES, Felipe PERRONE (2), Ivan PEREZ, Xavier GARCIA (3), Daniel LOPEZ. Head Coach: Rafael AGUILAR.
CANADA: Robin RANDALL, Constantin KUDABA, Jonathan RUSE, Nicolas CONSTANTIN-BICARI (1), Justin BOYD, Thomas MARKS (1), Brandon JUNG (1), Kevin GRAHAM, Aaron FELTHAM, Dusko DAKIC, Devon DIGGLE (1), Jarod MEELROY, Nicolas YOUNGBLUD. Head Coach: Dragan JOVANOVIC.
Canada dared to think it could do the impossible and beat a nation as good as Spain, with its history of high achievement at Olympic and World Championship level. What then when the score favoured the North Americans 4-1 five minutes into the second quarter? There was despair in the vast Spanish armada of spectators. But then the Spaniards listened to the poolside music “Yellow Submarine” and sunk Canada with a withering burst of seven unanswered goals by the final break. The heroes of Spain had proven yet again why they deserved to be in the semifinals. Two of those goals came on counter and three from extra. Another came from the penalty line. The onslaught continued in the final quarter with three more goals for Spain while Canada’s attack had become blunt.
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