Derby with a cup-final feel between Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto and BM Benidorm

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto play another final against BM Benidorm on Sunday 21 February at Benidorm's l’Illa Pavilion. The Comunitat derby will be played at 12 noon, and the red-and-whites need to put their run of defeats behind them and start winning matches that will allow them to secure survival as soon as possible. Vicent Nogués will have all his players available except Toni Alegre and Óscar García. The match, corresponding to matchday 21 of the Liga Sacyr ASOBAL, will be broadcast live by À Punt Media, La Liga Sport TV and the new ASOBAL website.

The red-and-white coach, Vicent Nogués, believes the team will rise to the occasion after what happened on Wednesday in Cangas: ‘After the trip to Cangas, the team are focusing on the next match. The side have always been characterised by responding in the following match when they have been shaken on a court, and I hope that this Sunday we will compete with confidence and be able to bring the points back to Puerto de Sagunto. It is a strange match because anything can happen in derbies. We are two teams who know each other well, and we have to try to change our current run as quickly as possible’.

Regarding the opponents, the Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto coach says that ‘Benidorm are a very complete team, with a very good first line and some excellent wings. They are a well-balanced and very fast side; we suffered from that speed in the friendly match in January, and we have to try to make the match suit us. It must not become end-to-end, and controlling the tempo will be one of the keys. We must try not to let them run because of our mistakes. I am convinced that we can win in Benidorm and that we need to change this run, which is why Sunday's match is so important’.

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