The Spanish coach Jordi Ribera was naturally satisfied with the impressive performance of his team in win over Macedonia 31:20 in Varazdin.
- After game against Denmark, we have been waiting a lot to play this match. We played very good defense in the first half. Our defense was very good, but also Gonzalo was amazing between the posts. That gave us chance to make a lot of counterattacks. The second half was more relaxed, but it is normal. This was the first battle, now two more waiting for us. The first is Slovenia.
Raul Gonzales, Macedonian head-coach:
- They were much better than us. We made a lot of mistakes, we lost chance to fight in this game. I don’t know what happened, but I didn’t prepare good this match. It’s like this, now we have two chances. We lost Lazarov after five minutes. It’s a big problem for us, we have to forget everything, this is a sport.
Gonzalo Perez de Vargas, a hero of the match with 18 saves:
- I agree with coach, we waited for this much too long. It is very important win after defeat against Denmark. Match changed when Kiro got injured, as he is a very important player for them. We did a job.
Macedonian goalkeeper Nikola Mitrevski will focus on the next match against Denmark in two days:
- We have to play next match better. We played this match very bad, maybe because of pressure who blocked us, many bad passes. Second half was better, but also we made some mistakes. We must come down, we have to prepare mentally and psychically.
