Alser defeated but showed positive signs against Cuenca

The Sagunto side began their Castile-La Mancha tour this afternoon, making their first stop in the town of Tarancón, in Cuenca province, to face BM Ciudad Encantada. The men managed by Navarrese coach Zupo Equisoain based their victory on a solid defence, with multiple advances from the central block against the red-and-white shooters. Despite this, the Valencians managed to build good tactical moves, but sometimes the wall of Dacosta, Mendoza, Federico Gascón and Romanian player Stefaix, and at other times goalkeeper Álvaro de Hita, prevented the goals from going up on the scoreboard. In defence, meanwhile, the men managed by Goran Dzokic tried to prevent the Cuban connection between the first line formed by Dacosta, Corzo and Paván, with Chelu Cid, Bojan Stefanovic and Ángel Fernández putting in notable performances in this area. After the restart, the Valencians corrected their attacking errors, using various options when spaces appeared in the home defence. The Sagunto side’s goalkeeping position was capped by a fine performance from captain Patxi Peg. In the end, ALSER BM Puerto Sagunto were defeated by the first Asobal League opponents they will face at the El Sargal sports hall on 10 September. BM CIUDAD ENCANTADA 30 – De Hita (1), Gascón 7 (2p), Dacosta (6), Corzo (3), Paván (7), Mendoza (2), Stefan (1) ---- (starting seven) ---- Kapellin (GK), Nielfa (GK), Sabonis, López, Gómez, Cibulskis (1), Gamuz (1), Ortega, Bayo, Hugo López (1), Ángel Pérez (1) ALSER BM PUERTO SAGUNTO 26 – Bruixola, Tarrasó (6), Chelu Cid (4), Nacho Moya (2), Stefanovic (4), Sifre (3, 1p), Fernández (1) ---- Peg (GK), Samuel (GK), Nacho (1), Nebot (1), Dzokic, Sorrentino (2), Prendes (2), Ruiz. SCORE PROGRESS 3-2, 8-4, 9-7, 11-8, 15-9, 18-12 (half-time), 19-14, 21-16, 23-18, 26-19, 27-23, 30-26 El Aguila sports hall, 200 spectators. Photos courtesy of Alejandro Prieto    

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