The Argentine Handball team, known as "Los Gladiadores," will face Slovenia this Wednesday at the Handball World Championship. The match is part of the first round of the second phase and will take place at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia, which has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The game will start at 11 AM, Argentina time.
In the preliminary stage, Argentina qualified as third in Group H after suffering defeats against Egypt and Croatia. However, in the last match, they defeated Bahrain 26-25, securing the necessary third place to advance. Despite this, in this new phase, "Los Gladiadores" will start without points due to previous losses.
The Argentine team will face Slovenia, Iceland, and Cape Verde in Group IV to advance to the quarter-finals. This scenario means there is no margin for errors if they want to continue in the competition. Slovenia, for its part, finished second in its group and is seeking its first world title.
In its fifteenth participation in a World Cup, Argentina aims to improve its placement from the last edition where they finished in eleventh place. In contrast, Slovenia's best result was a third place in 2017. The match promises to be close and exciting in a setting where both teams will seek to make history in the tournament.
The possible lineup for "Los Gladiadores" for this match would be: Leonel Maciel; Martín Jung, Ramiro Martínez, Facundo Cangiani, Guillermo Fischer, Lucas Aizen, and Juan Saco, under the technical direction of Rodolfo Jung.
