Alser Puerto Sagunto begins to believe in witches

Alser Puerto Sagunto drew 29–29 against Academia Octavio, a match that reached half-time with positive feelings against opponents fighting to qualify for the Copa del Rey, but in the end the same situation as a week ago was repeated and therefore the two points were not secured. Handball can be very cruel, as two of the club’s emblematic players, Tarrasó against Huesca and local player Ruben Ruiz today, had the winning ball in the final shot. In the opening minutes, the visitors came out determined to win the match. The scoreboard showed 0–2 against the hosts, but as the minutes passed the red-and-whites regained their confidence and turned the score around to 10–6, thanks to an outstanding Bruixola in goal and the accuracy of the red-and-whites in both defence and attack. From the 20th minute onwards, they built a six-goal lead. The Vigo side were reduced to numerical inferiority and Goran Dzokic’s team knew how to take advantage of it. As a result, Alser went into half-time ahead, 16–11, after an excellent first half. In the second half, the Vigo team came out of the dressing room with a different mindset and reduced the deficit, catching the red-and-whites by surprise. The Vigo side’s change to a defensive system with two advanced defenders on Sorrentino and Moya was something the red-and-whites failed to handle. In addition, the referees punished them harshly, with the kind of officiating one would rather avoid away from home. In the final 10 minutes the match swung from end to end, but Prendes’s dismissal and the players’ accumulated fatigue were exploited by the visitors, who levelled the score at 29–29. Finally, an unfortunate move by the home side meant that one of the two points, which this time seemed destined to remain at the “Ovni”, slipped away, bringing matchday 15 to a close. In short, the same ghosts that have appeared in recent matches returned, leaving the team with just 6 points in the table and finishing 2011 at the bottom of the standings. The positive aspect is that the Ovni has not seen its team lose in the last four matches. Alser Puerto Sagunto: Bruixola, Peg, Samuel, Moya del Saz, Ruiz (6), Sorrentino (5), Moya (7), Sifré (3), Cid, A. Fernández, Prendes (4), Toni Alegre, Tarrasó (4) and Nebot. Academia Octavio: Xavi Díaz, Edu Moledo, Dasilva (1), Cerqueira (2), Cacheda (7), Fran González (8), Vargas, Maciel, Polakovic, Cerillo (1), Nantes, Nando, Javier Fernández (6), José Ángel and Víctor Frade (4). Referees: José Miguel García Fernández and Javier Pastor Gamón (Catalan Referees’ Association). For Alser Puerto Sagunto, Sifre (2) and Prendes (3, 1 red card) were suspended; for Academia Octavio, Javier Fernández, Polakovic, Cerqueira and Víctor Frade were suspended. Score at five-minute intervals: 2–3, 6–4, 10–7, 13–7, 14–9, 16–11 Half-time, 20–14, 21–19, 24–21, 27–24, 29–26, 29–29. Full-time Municipal Sports Centre “Ovni”. 1,500 spectators.

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