Spain Beats Us In Rugby For The First Time Ever

Spain’s antheral nationalist rugby XV squad has made history connected Sunday by scoring a historical triumph against nan United States, beating them for nan first clip pinch a people of 30-21.

The 2 teams faced disconnected successful a fierce conflict astatine American Legion Memorial Stadium, wherever nan Lions prevailed, according to Europa Press. A terrible thunderstorm struck successful Charlotte, North Carolina, forcing officials to hold nan crippled for astir 2 hours.

The Spanish team, coached by Pablo Bouza, entered nan lucifer pinch determination. With only 2 minutes connected nan pitch, Martiniano Cian vanished disconnected a good move by Tani Bay coming retired of nan scrum, followed by a conversion by Gonzalo Lopez.

Advancing connected US errors

Fourteen minutes passed, and nan Spanish squad scrum-half scored nan 2nd effort aft an American error, and Lopez again added 2 to nan scoreboard.

Gonzalo López, nan Spanish team’s astir decisive subordinate pinch 16 points, added nan Lions’ 3rd successful nan 22nd minute, making it 21-0 successful Charlotte against nan Eagles side, who seemed overwhelmed and mislaid astatine that point.

However, done beingness and intelligence strength, nan Eagles attempted a comeback. They accrued possession and reorganised their game. Captain Benjaimin Bonasso carried nan American squad connected his shoulders and scored 2 tries earlier halftime, some converted by AJ MacGinty. And successful conscionable 5 minutes, nan US squad shortened nan region to 14-21.

The Eagles soared, but not enough

At nan very commencement of nan 2nd half, MacGinty reduced nan shortage again pinch his kick. With 2 penalties, 1 successful nan 41st infinitesimal and a 2nd 1 successful nan 50th, nan Eagles again shortened nan spread by conscionable 1 constituent down nan Lions, 20-21.

This is wherever nan protect characteristic emerged, and nan Spanish chair besides responded, pinch their kicks, Spain erstwhile again won nan territorial crippled and punished nan hosting team’s mistakes.

In nan 70th minute, Gonzalo Lopez extended nan Lions’ lead to 24-20 pinch a penalty. Nine minutes later, nan play that sealed Spain’s historical triumph against nan United States came pinch Raphael Nieto scoring aft a awesome touch play.