Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto comfortably overcome their second friendly

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto won 30–27 this afternoon against BM Aragón in a match in which the red-and-white side demonstrated their good form at the start of the season. The coaches used the opportunity to run tests ahead of the league’s return. The opening minutes were evenly matched. Both coaches opted for their less regularly used players in order to build confidence. The red-and-white attack was based on finding pivot Nacho Plaza, who converted every chance available to him. From the 10th minute onwards, Fertiberia were inaccurate with their passing, allowing the Aragonese side to take the lead (5–7). Later, with an extra player on court following Val’s exclusion, Patxi Martí’s men levelled the score with a 2–0 run. From that moment, the Valencians found a good rhythm, strong in defence and fast on the counter-attack. In the closing stages of the first half, Fertiberia maintained their two-goal lead to go into the interval (15–13). The red-and-whites came out more fired up and soon opened up a gap with a 3–0 run. Despite the good start, Fertiberia suffered two consecutive exclusions, but responded well and did not allow the visitors’ attack to reduce the deficit. BM Aragón defended resolutely and never gave up. With 10 minutes remaining, Patxi Martí had to call a timeout to halt the visitors’ momentum, as they closed to within two goals (27–25). Ultimately, the Valencians secured their first home win of the year (30–27). Fertiberia’s next fixture will be next Wednesday 28th against GlobalCaja Ciudad Encantada, from 20:15, at the Ovni, in the third friendly match. Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Sebastiá, Bruixola (1), Bernatonis (3), Malasinskas, Rubén Ruiz, Sladic (5), Moriñigo (1), Tarrasó (5), Álvarez (2), Berrios (4), Plaza (6), Fernández (1) and Dukic (2). BM Aragón: Olano, Sorli (3), Val (7), Del Valle (8), Camas (1), Fernández, Castro (3), García (1), Millan (2), Tuquet and Ariño (2). Referees: Rubén Villavicencio and David Cohen (Valencian Referees’ Association).   For Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto, Berrios and Nebot were excluded; for BM Aragón, Val and Millan were excluded.   Score at five-minute intervals:  3–3, 5–6, 7–7, 9–7, 13–10, 15–13 Half-time 18–13, 21–16, 23–20, 26–23, 27–25, 30–27 Full-time. Municipal Internúcleos Sports Centre “Ovni”. Attendance: 500.

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