Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto begin pre-season

Red-and-white manager Toni Malla stresses that cohesion and enthusiasm will be the keys for the team fighting to return to the Sacyr ASOBAL League

Fertiberia Handball returned to the Ovni today to begin preparations for the new season, which it will play in the Silver Honour Division this year. After being relegated from the Sacyr ASOBAL League last year, the red-and-whites begin training with the clear intention of preparing as well as possible so that next season they can achieve a return to the highest tier of Spanish handball. The club president, Juanjo Bataller, the Mayor of Sagunto, Dario Moreno, and a large representation of the red-and-white club board attended the start of pre-season. The red-and-white supporters did not want to miss the occasion and went up to the Ovni to cheer the team during its first training session there.

The club president began the speeches by stating that ‘The objective is promotion to ASOBAL. To finish among the top teams and return to the highest tier of Spanish handball. The president also added and asked the players to be careful because COVID19 is still present and we must act responsibly’.

For his part, the new red-and-white manager, Toni Malla, thanked the club for the opportunity it had given him for such an exciting project: ‘Our objective is to inspire enthusiasm and work hard. We want to return the club to the highest tier of Spanish handball; to do so, we must work hard so that no one can ever reproach us for not giving everything. Build, feel enthusiasm and work hard. As a manager, I will be by your side to return this city to where it belongs’.

The Mayor of Sagunto, Dario Moreno, highlighted that ‘Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto is a very important city institution and this year you are the spearhead. If anything has distinguished this team, it is that it has always left everything on the Ovni court. With hard work and dedication, the results will follow, but it is very important that you show that you are giving everything. The feat ahead of you is a very significant one. This could be a great season. Let us dream of trying to repeat this year that happy moment we experienced in 2019. Hard work and plenty of encouragement’

This is what Fertiberia’s pre-season will look like

Red-and-white manager Toni Malla explains that Fertiberia’s pre-season will consist of morning and afternoon training sessions, and that they will not only work on fitness, but will also begin integrating tactical methodology: “We are very enthusiastic and eager. It is a low-load week because we do not know how the players will arrive. We will hold morning and afternoon training sessions, always depending on the players’ workloads. In the mornings we will do physical work, gym work and transition work. In the afternoons, we will have tactical training to begin implementing all the concepts we want to add to our methodology”

‘We begin the friendly matches on the 21st against Esplugues in Tortosa. The following week we will play the Generalitat Cup against Horneo Alicante. If we get through, we will play Benidorm. If we do not get through, we have arranged a friendly in Elche and finally we will play here at home against Unió Esportiva Sarrià. We are enthusiastic about this project, the squad is very convinced about what it wants to do, and I think it will be a very cohesive group. The words that will define us are enthusiasm and cohesion’, concluded the new red-and-white manager, Toni Malla.

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