Barça runs over Kielce and will seek its sixth Club World Cup

The Barça-Kielce have become a European handball classic.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
22 October 2022 Saturday 13:32
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Barça runs over Kielce and will seek its sixth Club World Cup

The Barça-Kielce have become a European handball classic. The beating that the Blaugrana inflicted on the Poles in the semi-final of the Club World Cup (or Super Globe) will be remembered as one of Talant Dujshebaev's worst defeats (28-39), while fueling the rivalry between the two greats. For the Catalans, the exhibition and festival of goals is the best letter of introduction to aspire today (7:30 p.m.) to the sixth Club World Cup in the final against Magdeburg, a repetition of last year (with a German victory).

In the reissue of the last Champions League final (with a final draw, resolved on penalties on the Blaugrana side), the two best teams on the continent once again fought an intense duel, despite the fact that they had only seen each other a month before ( 32-28 for Barça at the Palau). But the Catalans signed what was probably one of the best games of the Carlos Ortega era, due to the perfect mix of defensive consistency and scoring effectiveness.

On this occasion, the differential fact of the train crash was the Blaugrana goal. Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas was majestic throughout the first half. With 15 stops in 25 shots, a scandalous 60% accuracy, Barça was able to start taking off on the scoreboard with 3-7 at 11m, well led by an inspired Cindric.

Kielce managed to get close to two goals (6-8, 7-9), but the entry of the second units Richardson, Janc or Makuc, gave a new air to the Blaugrana team, which soon recovered the lead of 4. The saves that linked Gonzalo, 12 at 20 minutes, made counterattacks possible and thus, on the run, Barça is unstoppable. Fàbregas set 5 (7-12) and 6 (8-14), the highest lead, forcing Talant Dujshebaev to stop the clock and scold his team.

The Polish reaction achieved a partial 3-0 that shrank the score again until Karalek 11-14. N'Guessan woke Barça up from their offensive lethargy, 5 and a half minutes without scoring, to make it 11-15, while Cindric rounded off the reply before the break with 11-16; five income goals to put on track the way to the final.

After the break, in a frenetic exchange of goals, Barça rose to 6th and was able to maintain the lead with the effectiveness of N'Guessan, who scored 3 goals in the first five-minute set (15-21). The Frenchman, in one of his best moments at Blaugrana, was the top scorer with 5 goals.

Infected by the efficiency of the Frenchman and the defensive wall that gave him strength, the Blaugrana pitchers joined the offensive festival and with a partial 0-7 they took the 12th (15-27) at 12 minutes; a marker of scandal that ridiculed the European runner-up. Talant Dujshebaev did not know where to look.

The maximum blaugrana income came to be 14 goals, 24-38 scored by Richardson with five minutes to go. In that final leg, a 4-1 Kielce softened the records, but did not spare them the embarrassment of one of their worst defeats.

Kielce: Wolff, Moryto (4, 1p), Remili (2), Karacic, Karalek (2), Sicko (3), Nahi (1); Alex Dujshebaev (3), Gebala, Dani Dujshebaev (5, 1p), Tournat (5), Thrastarson (1), Sanchez Migallo (1), Olejniczak (1), Kornecki (ps).

Barça: Pérez de Vargas, Aleix Gómez, Mem (4), Fàbregas (5), Thiagus Petrus, N'Guessan (5), Ariño (3); Cindric (6), Makuc (4), Janc (4), Richardson (5, 1p), Langaro, Frade (3), Wanne, Carlsbogard, Nielsen.

Referees: Gubica and Milosevic (Croatia). They excluded Cindric and Ariño (2), and Remili and Karalek, from Kielce.

Quarters: 2-2, 3-6, 6-8, 7-11, 10-14, 11-16 (rest); 15-21, 15-25, 17-28, 21-32, 24-37, 28-39.

Track: Dammam Sports Hall (Saudi Arabia).