Alser BM Puerto Sagunto are looking for a reason to believe in themselves

Alser BM Puerto Santo visit one of Asobal’s most difficult venues in an attempt to turn around a poor situation. This Saturday from 19:00, Caja3 BM Aragón await them at the magnificent setting of the Príncipe Felipe Pavilion in Zaragoza.

The Zaragoza side have not lost at home so far this season, and Mariano Ortega’s men, led by Puerto Sagunto player Sergio Ruiz Casanova, will try to make their supporters forget their poor away form. A victory would consolidate them in the upper part of the table. Regarding the match against Alser and their position at the bottom, Ortega stated that “the problems the Valencian side are experiencing are due more to the negative results they are obtaining than to their play”. Ortega also highlights the added motivational factor that his four former players will have, as Muiña, Sorrentino, Sifre and Carlos Prendes have all worn the Zaragoza shirt. For his part, Puerto Sagunto’s Sergio Ruiz comments that “I think they are a team that will ‘click’ at any moment, pull themselves together, put together two consecutive good performances and begin to gain the confidence they need to get out of their current situation”

The situation is so difficult for the red-and-white side that president Bataller has broken one of his usual routines. After twelve years in the role, this week he met with the entire squad for the first time, chiefly to remind them that “we are who we are, and we are enough to remain in Asobal”. Bataller also commented that, given the financial situation (150,000 euros still to be found from the lowest budget in the division), they would strive not to release anyone and to fulfil their financial commitments, and that “our signings will be Nacho Nebot in a couple of weeks and Marko Dzokic in May, and we have just signed Iago Muiña”, referring to the injury crisis that the red-and-white side have had to contend with alongside a difficult fixture list.

Despite this situation and the overall outlook, the squad have resolved to recapture the feelings they had at the start of the season, when, although in friendly matches, they managed to win away at San Antonio and Huesca.

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