ID Energy Caserío Ciudad Real give Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto no chance

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto lost 30-23 this afternoon to ID Energy Caserío Ciudad Real in the first semi-final of the promotion phase to the Liga Plenitude Asobal, played at the Quijote Arena Municipal Pavilion.

Despite starting with Augusto Moreno de la Santa receiving an early two-minute suspension, the match saw the home side produce their first positive run while short-handed. Before the fifth minute, Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto coach Toni Malla called his first time-out with the score at 4-1. The bad news continued with Diego Olba suffering a knee injury. The red-and-whites managed to score just two goals in the first ten minutes.

Santiago Giovagnola’s saves and Marcos Fis’s goals increased ID Energy Caserío Ciudad Real’s lead. The Valencians’ second time-out came in the 18th minute, with the score at 11-5. Switching to a more aggressive defence also failed to have an effect for Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto. Despite Santi Urdiales calling his first time-out in the 25th minute, the deficit had already reached ten goals. Mario Rodríguez’s interventions reduced the deficit to eight goals at half-time, with the score at 18-10.

After emerging from the changing rooms, Toni Malla tried a mixed defence with Seke Gallart marking Marcos Fis. Two almost consecutive suspensions, one for an incorrectly executed substitution, led to the visitors’ final time-out with the score at 20-12 in the 35th minute. Goals from Matheus de Novais and Seke, together with saves from an inspired Dani Martínez in the second half, kept the slightest hopes of a comeback alive.

In the 48th minute, Augusto Moreno de la Santa received his third suspension, which resulted in a red card. ID Energy Caserío’s second time-out, after the 50-minute mark, allowed some players to rest and rotate, as Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto also did, giving all those called up some playing time. The final score was 30-23.

With this defeat, Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto’s 2024-2025 season comes to an end. They finished fifth in the regular league season of the Men’s División de Honor Plata and competed in the promotion phase to the Liga Plenitude Asobal.

MATCH DETAILS:

ID Energy Caserío Ciudad Real (30): Santiago Giovagnola (-), Pablo Campanario (-), Marcos Fis (3), Juan Lumbreras (-), Augusto Moreno de la Santa (- ), Jorge Romanillos (1), Víctor Morales (1), Paco Ruiz (-), Daniel Palomeque (1), Santiago Canepa (2), Ángel Pérez de Inestrosa (6), Sergio Casares (1), Jorge Silva (3), Óscar Ruiz (-), José Andrés Torres (6), Alex Díaz (6).

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto (23): Ximo (-), Guilherme Leonel (5), Del Valle (1), Olba (-), Nico Rey (1), Daniel Martínez (-), Álex Plaza (2), Barceló (3), Arnau Fernández (2), Dusan Trifkovic (1), David García (2), Mario (-), Matheus (4), Capitán (-), Seke (2), Torío (-).

Referees: Pablo San Emeterio de la fuente and Javier Ariño Saiz.

Suspensions: Augusto Moreno de la Santa, Juan Lumbreras, Arnau Fernández, Guilherme Leonel, Seke Gallart and Álvaro del Valle, each serving two minutes.

Score progression: 4-1, 6-2, 8-3, 12-5, 15-7, 18-10 (half-time); 19-12, 23-15, 23-17, 27-19, 28-20, 30-23 (full-time).

Incidents: Match in the first semi-final of the promotion play-off to the Liga Plenitude Asobal in the Men’s División de Honor Plata, played at the Quijote Arena Municipal Pavilion. Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto’s players wore black armbands following the death yesterday of Feliciano Sánchez Díaz, father of vice-president José María Sánchez Gabaldón.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.