Alser BM Puerto Sagunto visits Champions territory

A new test of quality to assess Alser Puerto Sagunto’s performance against a side that has won everything in recent times, Renovalia BM Ciudad Real. This Saturday from 18:30 at the Quijote Arena, with Sportmania cameras broadcasting live, the red-and-white side will make its away debut at the legendary Quijote Arena, the scene of the most important successes achieved by a Spanish handball team over the last decade.

This will be the first match at which the Ciudad Real supporters will be reunited with their team after its victory in the Copa del Rey, and it falls within the European calendar, with Flensburg waiting with claws sharpened to steal Renovalia’s ticket to the Champions League Final Four.

Opposite them will be an Alser Puerto Sagunto side that, having effectively completed the task of securing survival while awaiting definitive confirmation, faces the match without Muiña, Lapcevic and Latorre. However, after sixteen days without competitive action due to the quirks of the fixture schedule, they are looking to maintain the good play and intensity of their most recent matches. The 29–32 defeat to FC Barcelona left a good impression on the red-and-white supporters. This means they are aware that ending Ciudad Real’s unbeaten record at the Quijote Arena is an extremely difficult mission, but they are obliged to compete in every venue to the limit of the team’s abilities, in search of a strong finish to the season and a good position in the league table.

Alser will set off for Ciudad Real on Saturday morning, so Goran Dzockic will announce the squad after Friday afternoon’s training session. There is a strong possibility that the squad will include wonderful news for the young talents of the red-and-white academy: youth-team full-back Alex Tello, who has been registered in the Liga Asobal since this week, could be selected by the red-and-white coach.

If that happens, he would be the third player developed in the BM Puerto Sagunto academy to play in the Liga Asobal this season, alongside the Ruiz Casanova brothers, Sergio at CAI and Rubén at Alser itself.

 

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