Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto gift victory to BM Aragón

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto lost 31-25 to BM Aragón this afternoon in the eighth round of the league. The red-and-whites came very close to taking something positive from the match, but were overcome in the final minutes and the home side did not miss the opportunity. The first half began with Fertiberia behind on the scoreboard (3-1), but two good defensive efforts from the red-and-whites helped them come back into the match and take a one-goal lead. Later, BM Aragón, led by Ángel Pérez and Rial's goals, moved five goals clear, setting alarm bells ringing. Valencian coach Patxi Martí therefore called a time-out to halt the Aragonese side's fast play. From the 15th minute onwards, the red-and-whites failed to make the most of several counter-attacks after coming up against Gomez Lite or the posts, and became bogged down in attack. Finally, the red-and-white defence increased its intensity and managed to stop the home attack, going into half-time two goals down (15-13), although with Dukic injured after taking a blow to his right calf. The second half began with Fertiberia reducing the deficit to just one goal. From the 15th minute onwards, the red-and-whites had three opportunities to equalise, but hurried attacking play and Gomez Lite's excellent performance in goal stopped the comeback. In this situation, Patxi Martí called a time-out in the 26th minute to turn things around after failing to make the most of their numerical advantages on court (27-23). The exhausted red-and-white attack could not find gaps in the opposing defence during the final minutes and, despite using a double man-to-man defence, Fertiberia could do nothing to take the two points. BM Aragón: Gómez, Sorli (2), Asier (1), Val (4), Camas, Ariño (1), Lozano (3), Del Valle (2), Basmalis, Cartón (6), Postigo (1), Ángel Pérez (3), Sánchez (1), Rial (7), Ibáñez, Jiménez, Castro. Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Sebastiá, Bruixola, Samuel, Marc Andreu (1), Rubén Ruiz, Moriñigo (2), Tarrasó (3), Lluna, Apelgren (7), Grau (4), Plaza (5), Toni Alegre, Nebot (2), Fernández, Dukic (1) and Roque. Referees: Javier Álvarez Mata and Ion Bustamante López. Asier Antonio and Val (2) were excluded for BM Aragón, while Tarrasó and Grau were excluded for Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto. Score at five-minute intervals:  3-1, 5-5, 8-7, 11-9, 13-9, 15-13 Half-time, 17-16, 20-17, 21-19, 23-21, 26-23, 31-25 Full-time. Príncipe Felipe Pavilion.

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