MATCH REPORTS AND FIXTURES
Alser Puerto Sagunto seek refuge in their UFO
Alser Puerto Sagunto and Fraikin BM Granollers will play their match corresponding to the second round of the 2011–2012 Liga Asobal tomorrow, Saturday, from 181.30 hours. They will do so in the rojiblancos’ magical arena, where they have always been strong and where last year the Valencian team’s survival...
2011-09-16
Alser Puerto Sagunto and Fraikin BM Granollers will play their match corresponding to the second round of the 2011–2012 Liga Asobal tomorrow, Saturday, from 181.30 hours. They will do so in the rojiblancos’ magical arena, where they have always been strong and where last year the Valencian team secured its place in the top flight.
Last year, Fraikin BM Granollers already had the chance to remember what Alser Puerto Sagunto are capable of on home soil. The Vallesans have been visiting the venue since they founded the Spanish handball Honour Division in 1959; indeed, they are the only two teams still competing in it today.
Despite the Vallesan squad’s extensive rebuilding due to its financial problems, Manolo Cadenas’s team will come to the UFO wounded in their pride after the defeat inflicted on them by newcomers Anaitasuna at the Granollers Olympic Stadium in the opening round.
Neither Granollers nor Cadenas are content with secondary roles in the league and, although they have lost the core of last year’s team, the signings and those who remain form a formidable unit. Players such as Raúl Campos, Malansinkas, Chispi and Felez make Fraikin a great team.
For Alser Puerto Sagunto, it is hoped that the excellent performance in Cuenca, where they lost on the final buzzer, the return of international pivot Carlos Prendes and the magic of the UFO will be sufficient arguments to earn two hugely important points, despite how early it is in the season. The next two fixtures are against two giants: Barça at the Palau, followed immediately by Ademar León’s visit to the UFO.Translation produced using artificial intelligence.