MATCH REPORTS AND FIXTURES
From the coach to the cathedral for Alser Puerto Sagunto
That the economic crisis in the Liga ASOBAL does not affect everyone equally seems clear. While all the visiting teams that have played at the Ovni have been able to spend a night resting before the match, Alser Puerto Sagunto will travel on Saturday morning...
2011-10-21
It seems clear that the economic crisis in the Liga ASOBAL does not affect everyone equally. While all the visiting teams that have played at the Ovni have been able to spend a night resting before the match, Alser Puerto Sagunto will travel to Pamplona on Saturday morning to play at 19:00 that evening against recently promoted BM Anaitasuna.
An important match for both teams' hopes of avoiding relegation, which the Valencians must play with fatigue in their bones as a result of the genuine financial juggling their board carries out month after month. At a club where paying the players and suppliers is sacred, this has direct consequences in the form of austerity measures that complicate matters on the sporting front.
As for how both teams come into the match, these two old acquaintances from the Silver Division have followed parallel paths. Both have won one match and both have played well enough to have earned a few more points than they currently have. Aitor's men will want to turn their handball temple into a fortress in matches of this kind, and ensure that the goal defended by Capón, in the absence of Argentina international Matias Schulz, remains secure.
The short red-and-white squad continues without the recently operated-on Marko Dzokic, while Nebot continues his recovery. The biggest doubt is Iago Muiña, who, after missing two matches, has a remote chance of making it to the game.
Thus, the same players who defeated Naturhouse in the previous round are the ones with the best chance of attempting to storm the cathedral of Spanish handball, before welcoming the all-powerful Atletico de Madrid to the Ovni.Translation produced using artificial intelligence.