MOSCOW, Jan 21 The head coach of the Spanish men's national handball team Jordi Ribera said that the match of the main round of the European Championship against the Russians became difficult for his team. On Friday, the Russian team led by three or four goals during the meeting, but lost to the reigning European champions with a score of 25:26. «Russia is holding a fantastic tournament. For us it was a difficult match from the very beginning we knew they could manage the rhythm of the match, they have great goalkeepers and defenders the decisive moment in the second half was that we fought tactically and then changed some things in attack and could expect on our defense to take these two very important points,» the official website of the European Handball Federation quoted Ribera as saying. The Spanish team, which scored six points, ranks first in the standings. The Russian team with two points is on the fifth line.
