We often ask ourselves what the „secret of success“ of Spanish coaches is, and we loudly ask the question whether they are really better than the others or whether this is the current trend in world handball. Instead of an answer, we are transmitting an article from the Spanish „Marche“ after last week’s match between Ademar Leon and Anaiutasuna, which ended in a surprise victory for the guests. Read on, then judge for yourself!
The ninth was happy! After one draw and seven defeats, Helvetia Anaitasuna won for the first time on the field of Abanca Ademar León. It happened last Saturday when Navarrese won 28-31 in the game of the eleventh round of the Asobal League. The young and talented Izquierdo and the experienced Del Arco, with eight goals each, were unstoppable in the magnificent example of a collective game with which the Navarre team linked the second consecutive victory after the previous one against the inconvenient host Villa de Aranda in one of the matches delayed due to coronavirus: „We’ve been playing great lately, but we missed the result of this caliber,“ coach Quique Domínguez told Marka.
There is a detail related to this duel that shows the nobility and values of handball. On Sunday night, after the match – Quique Domínguez coach Anaitasune revealed that his colleague on Ademar’s bench, Manolo Cadenas, voluntarily sent him a video from the recent match between his team and Toulouse.
“ Without asking me, Manolo Cadenas sent the Ademar-Toulouse match so that the two of us could equally prepare for our match. I just wanted to share that detail. His name is LORD, and his last name is FAIR PLAY. That’s why it’s one of the GREAT! Domínguez wrote on his Twitter profile “
We know that Anaitasuna had fewer checks than their opponent due to the recent suspensions suffered against Puerto Sagunto and Cangas.
I called Manola last week because they were limited to a few positive people. He was among them. I called him to ask him how he was. These are situations that can affect all of us. I asked him if he thought we could play on Saturday. He said yes, and will play against Toulouse as well. He told me that he would send me a match without me saying anything.
Domínguez admitted that watching the video sent by Cadenas helped him prepare for the match as he was able to study Ademar’s game before the important loss of Nathan Suárez.
These were the details they used to give us information. Later some were seen in the game and others not. That is the least important, the most detailed detail of the category of coaches with so many years of experience, always extremely competitive, but still, with this gesture of distinct sportsmanship, explained coach Anaitasuna.
Quique Domínguez did not discuss this with Manol after the historic victory in León, but said he was sure Cadenas would do the same
I’m sure he didn’t regret it. At the press conference, he had words of praise for us and suffered defeat with his usual sportsmanship, he concluded.
