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Romanian top player Neagu not playing was all over the media while the fact the Spanish have the new coach who has never coached a female team and who has 7 new players gets ignored. Spain's players are 21,5 years on average. They are without Pena, Mangue, Oinedo. Romanians won the SO in 2014 and bronze last season at WC. Those players are on the team now.
This is not the first time they play without Neagu. They did the same at the last EC in Sweden and beat Germany 23-22 in the game for spot 5. That game was played by basically all the players who will be here today. Romania finished that in spot 5, Spain in spot 11. Romania won the last h2h in Rio 24-21 (16 goals were scored by players who won't be there on Romania, 9 goals by players who won't be there on the Spanish team). Just two weeks earlier, in July of 2016 in Norway, they played a 21-21 draw. Neagu was not there, but neither were many other young players. The home team will have massive fan support, which will be of great help for Martin's team. He does not like to lose, especially not convincingly.