Alser BM Puerto Sagunto aim to make a good return

BM Ciudad Encantada visit the Ovni to face Alser BM Puerto Sagunto this Saturday 4th from 18:30. This is the first match after the Christmas break, corresponding to the 16th league round, and takes place after the European Handball Championship in Serbia, in which the Spanish national team finished fourth. The team from Cuenca arrive in a comfortable 8th position, while Alser BM Puerto Sagunto are looking to climb the table as soon as possible.

 The match presents the red-and-whites with a difficult challenge to start the year, but Dzokic's team have not forgotten how closely contested the opening-season match was at El Sargal, where Ciudad Encantada won by one goal in the final moment of the match. As for absences, Iago Muiña remains unavailable after undergoing surgery this week for his knee injury, as does Marko Dzokic, who has already started running. The rest will be available, including Bojan Stefanovic, who has recovered from the injury he had been carrying at the end of the first half of the season.

 The team coached by Zupo Equisoain have just secured qualification to play in the Copa despite losing in Pamplona. In the transfer market, the Cuenca team have added two new players to their squad, Argentinians Pablo Simonet and Agustín Robert, thereby strengthening two positions: defence and attack. However, they will continue to miss their two Cuban stars, Dacosta and Corzo, who are injured.

 In short, although the match brings together two opponents separated by points, it promises to be just as interesting and closely fought as the one played in Cuenca right at the start of the season. In addition, the red-and-whites arrive with renewed energy and continue to aim to fight for survival and climb away from the bottom of the table. As coach Goran Dzokic points out: «we know what our situation is, but with honesty and patience we will be able to overcome it».

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