They were close to winning against Serbia but The Gladiators they lost by just six points the second game of the Main Round of the Handball World Cup and they will say goodbye on Monday against Qatar.

In the Polish city of Katowice, Argentina, that he had no more chances to advance to the quarterfinals unlike his rivalthey were beaten by a close score, as Serbia prevailed 28 to 22.

The Gladiators, who had lost to Germany in their first Main Round appearance, recovered from a bad start and managed to play on a par with the Europeans. So much so that they went to halftime just two points down (12-10).

The Argentines, who had inside Francesco Lombardi to their goalscorer with 9 goals, they failed to maintain that minimum distance in the second half. With 20 minutes to go, Serbia managed to get 6 points (23-17), a distance that he did not leave until the end.

The national team will also play this Monday, at 11:30 (on DSports and TyC Sports), against Qatarfor the closure of the second phase and trying to close his best possible position in what will be his farewell to the tournament.

In the first round, the leading team William Milan they lost in their opener to the Netherlands 29-19, then lost to Norway 32-21 and finally beat North Macedonia 35-26 to advance to the group stage.

Argentina, gold medal winner at the Odesur Games in Asunción last October and champion of the Pan American Games in Lima, in 2019, she qualified for the World Cup in January 2021 by placing second in the South Central tournament, which took place in Recife, Brazil, and which provided four places for the Cup of the world.

In the previous World Cup, in Egypt 2021, Argentina finished in eleventh place and thus improved on its most outstanding performances in a Senior World Cup: in Sweden 2011 and Qatar 2015 it finished in twelfth place.

With information from Telam