Spain cannot complete its reaction against France in the Rugby 7 World Series

The Spanish men’s sevens team could not complete its reaction against France in the second half, which they entered with a 0-19 deficit, despite their greater dominance, and fell 12-19.

The “Leones7” did not start well, as they ran into a France with very clear ideas and who imposed a very fast pace of play with which they managed to surprise the locals with a first try in the 2nd minute, by Simon Desert.

The Spaniards tried to react, but they wasted a good chance to tie the match, due to lack of continuity in the game, which gave even more confidence to the Gauls, who added another score in the 4th minute through Rayan Rebbadj.

The 0-12 already made things quite difficult for the Spanishbut they got even worse with the French’s third try, by Yerim Fall, which left the score at 0-19 at the end of the first half.

The Spaniards came out with everything after the break and got an early try through Cosculluela, plus Ramos’ conversion, with which they closed the gap (7-19).

The Lions did their best to try to achieve an epic comeback and added another mark, also from Cusculluela, who, with the transformation of Ramos, brought them closer on the scoreboard (14-19), taking advantage of the numerical superiority on the field.

And they had the opportunity to turn the result around, but they could not complete their push against a rival who defended themselves successfully to secure the victory.

New Zealandboth in the women’s category, in which she is the current World Series champion, and in the men’s category. He has been unbeatable on the first day of the World Series this Friday in Valladolid.

The José Zorrilla stadium witnessed this dominance of the oceanic team, which They beat Argentina (26-17) and Brazil (40-12), in the case of the Black Ferns Sevenand Uruguay (40-0) and Germany (33-12), in the case of the men’s team.

In women, Australia did not fail either, with resounding victories against South Africa and Fiji, and Japan came out strong, winning their two matches against Argentina and Brazil, with a great game.

In the case of Spain, The “Leonas7” received a severe correction against Canada, in their debut in Valladolid, as they fell 35-5 and also against France, who overwhelmingly beat María Ribera’s team (33-7).