Alser BM Puerto Sagunto secure their second pre-season win
Alser Puerto Sagunto beat BM ARS Palma del Río 28–22 in a match that began positively against a recently promoted side, with the red-and-whites superior throughout. In the opening minutes, the red-and-white team's compact defence and Ibrahim's fine performance delayed the Andalusians from opening the scoring; in the fifth minute, the score was 4–2 after a goal from Iker Serrano. In the following 15 minutes, the visitors closed the gap to 9–8, prompting Vicent Nogués to call a timeout to instruct his players and halt the Andalusians' attacking play. In the closing stages of the first half, both teams raised the pace despite it being a friendly, and Alser went into the break ahead (13–10) thanks to their attacking accuracy and good defensive performance. In the second half, the red-and-whites maintained their lead at 17–15 thanks to Bruixola's saves and goals from Iker, Rubén Ruiz, and the visiting coach called a timeout in an attempt to turn the situation around. From the 20th minute on
2012-08-25
Alser Puerto Sagunto beat BM ARS Palma del Río 28–22 in a match that began positively against a recently promoted side, with the red-and-whites superior throughout.
In the opening minutes, the red-and-white team's compact defence and Ibrahim's fine performance delayed the Andalusians from opening the scoring; in the fifth minute, the score was 4–2 after a goal from Iker Serrano. In the following 15 minutes, the visitors closed the gap to 9–8, prompting Vicent Nogués to call a timeout to instruct his players and halt the Andalusians' attacking play. In the closing stages of the first half, both teams raised the pace despite it being a friendly, and Alser went into the break ahead (13–10) thanks to their attacking accuracy and good defensive performance.
In the second half, the red-and-whites maintained their lead at 17–15 thanks to Bruixola's saves and goals from Iker and Rubén Ruiz, and the visiting coach called a timeout in an attempt to turn the situation around. From the 20th minute onwards, the red-and-whites extended their lead to seven goals through their good defensive positioning and excellent attacking accuracy on the counter-attack. Ultimately, Vicent Nogués' team secured another win (28–22); in this pre-season they have recorded two wins and a draw, giving the team and supporters the encouragement they needed. The young home goalkeepers' good performance and the team's most experienced players' excellent display were particularly noteworthy.
Overall, Alser have shown promising signs and offered a glimmer of hope of achieving better sporting results than last season. The next matches will be on Friday the 31st and Saturday the 1st, against Algemesí and Palma del Río respectively.
Alser Puerto Sagunto: Bruixola, Samuel, Ibrahim, Iker Serrano (6), Mateu Castellá, Ruiz (3), Pocholo (6), Tarrasó (2), Berrios (3), Chernov (3), Toni Alegre (2), Nebot (1), A. Fernández, Valles (1), Tello (1) and Latorre (1).
BM ARS Palma del Río: Hernández (4), Vermirovsky (3), Caro, Moyano (1), Morales, Jiménez (2), López Domínguez, Ruano (3), Teixera (4), Fuentes, Verdugo (1), Bustos (1), Ortiz, Padilla (1) and Dublino (1).
Referees: Francisco Blázquez García and Miguel Soria Fabián. Alser Puerto Sagunto exclusions: A. Fernández and Nebot; BM ARS Palma del Río exclusion: Ruano.
Score at five-minute intervals: 4-2, 6-3, 8-6, 9-7, 10-8, 13-10 Half-time 15-13, 17-15, 21-15, 24-17, 26-19, 28-22. Full-time Municipal Sports Centre “Ovni”. 1,000 spectators. Translation produced using artificial intelligence.