Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto bring the Ovni to the boil

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto won 33-27 this afternoon against BM Cangas Frigoríficos del Morrazo in the seventh-round league match. The red-and-whites once again took both points at home against a team that arrived at the Ovni in the best moment of its history. The first half began with Fertiberia opening the scoring through two goals from Grau. Patxi Martí's side took to the court highly motivated to win and focused on exploiting the Galicians' attacking mistakes to break quickly on the counter-attack and move clear on the scoreboard (4-1). As a result, the visiting coach, “Pillo”, called a timeout to stop the red-and-whites' onslaught. From the 15th minute onwards, Cangas reduced the gap to just one goal (8-7), thanks to Muratovic's shots. Later, the red-and-whites pulled away again, supported by their compact defence (10-7). Despite the slight setback Fertiberia experienced, they recovered and increased the pace with Rubén Ruiz, Carles Lluna and Toni Alegre coming onto the court, restoring their initial four-goal advantage. In the end, Fertiberia were more effective in attack and Cangas's uncertainty helped the Valencians go into the dressing room with the biggest lead of the match: five goals (16-11). Fertiberia began the second half with the same intensity with which they had ended the first, making quick, direct transitions towards Smidl's goal. The tireless red-and-whites quickly secured the biggest lead of the match: seven goals (21-14). Later, Carlos Grau was suspended, but despite this setback Fertiberia managed the game well and maintained the gap on the scoreboard (25-18). Cangas, for their part, relied on Rosales's shots to keep the team in the match. After a good reaction from the Galicians (26-22), Patxi Martí called a timeout as Cangas had got back into the match and reduced the gap to just two goals after Fertiberia became bogged down by the double man-to-man marking used by Cangas to stop the home attacks. In the end, Cangas desperately sought to take something positive away from Valencia but came up against the red-and-white wall, which gave their opponents no chance, and Fertiberia won 33-27. Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Bruixola, Samuel, Marc Andreu, Rubén Ruiz (2), Moriñigo (5), Tarrasó (3), Lluna, Apelgren (8), Grau (5), Plaza (2), Toni Alegre (1), Nebot (3), Fernández (1), Dukic (3) and Roque. BM Cangas Friogríficos del Morrazo: Simes (3), Pousada (1), Amarelle (2), David Soliño (2), Jesús Soliño (5), Smild, Eijo (1), Mijuskovic, Krook, Cerqueira (1), Rosales (6), Pumar (1), Iglesias and Muratovic (5). Referees: Fernando Joaquín Fernández Pérez and Alberto García Rodríguez. For Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto, Tarrasó, Grau, Nebot, Ángel Fernández (2) were suspended, and for BM Cangas Frigoríficos del Morrazo, Eijo (2), Cerqueira and Rosales. Score at five-minute intervals:  4-1, 7-3, 8-5, 10-7, 13-9, 16-11 Half-time 19-13, 23-15, 25-19, 27-23, 30-26, 33-27 Full-time. Municipal Sports Centre 'Ovni', 1,500 spectators.

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