BM La Roca put in a good second half to take both points

BM La Roca’s Infantil team won 24–20 this afternoon against Villa de Aranda in a match of two distinct halves: the visitors dominated the first half, while the Catalans made a strong start to the second half, earning them their second victory.

The match began with both sides evenly matched on court. Villa de Aranda struck first, taking the lead until the BM La Roca players awoke and levelled the contest at five goals apiece. The minutes went in the visitors’ favour, and they regained control of the match with a 0–2 run, prompting a timeout from the opposing bench as they were one player down. Inaccurate passing and a lapse in BM La Roca’s defence were exploited by Villa de Aranda, who went into half-time leading 10–11.

The second half began with BM La Roca more fired up than the visitors, putting together a 7–0 run. Villa de Aranda were far from accurate in attack, and the Catalans took advantage of those errors to show a completely different side from the first half. Moreover, turnovers and suspensions for the visiting side did nothing to aid their attempted comeback against an unstoppable Catalan team. Villa de Aranda’s final push ultimately could not prevent a 24–20 defeat to BM La Roca.

BM La Roca: Javier Guzman, Víctor de Sande (1), Víctor Mateos, Joan Gendra (1), Pau Farré (7), Alex Navarro (1), Lucas Takanori (5), Genis Asensio (2), Marc Pessina, Jaume Alcaraz, Nil Orts, Nil Guiteras, Guillem Vicens, Rubén Campuzano, Arnau Marin (5) and Víctor Bernet (2).

Villa de Aranda: Lucas Villareal (1), Yeray Nebreda, Diego Martín, Efrén Martínez (2), Juan Tamayo (6), Diego Solano (1), Guillermo Balastegui (1), Iván Brogueras, Daniel Martín (4), Adrián Gayo (1), Mario Peñacoba, Álvaro Velasco, Jorge Calleja, Alejandro Arroyo, Román Castro, Gabriel Lucía and Fernando Abajo (4).

BM La Roca’s Genis Asensio, Arnau Marin and Víctor Bernet were suspended; Villa de Aranda’s Adrián Gayo and Daniel Martín were also suspended.

Score at five-minute intervals:2–3, 5–4, 5–6, 8–10, 10–11 Half-time 13–12, 15–12, 20–14, 23–17, 24–20 Full-time. Municipal In ternúcleos “Ovni” Sports Centre. 200 spectators.

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