Fertiberia aim to beat Zarautz to ‘remain in the upper reaches’

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play Amenabar Zarautz Z.K.E. on Saturday 7 December from 18:30. The match corresponding to Matchday 13 of the Silver Honour Division will take place at the Poliesportiu Port de Sagunt Pavilion, with the red-and-whites keen to continue competing near the top of the table. The match can be watched via streaming on the red-and-white club’s YouTube channel

The red-and-white team arrive for the match after securing a home win against Cisne in a match that remained highly competitive until the end. Toni Malla says they are ‘entering December in a much better position than we had expected in our pre-season planning, after winning our last three matches, because this has given us peace of mind in our day-to-day work’. 

‘The other day we did not play a great match against Cisne; we have already analysed all the mistakes, but it is also true that the opponents played very well against us’, the red-and-white coach adds. 

Regarding the opponents they will face, Malla says that ‘A historic Silver Division team visit us, having returned to the division this season. They are currently second from bottom in the table, but they are dangerous opponents because certain players have been playing together for many years. Three seasons ago, when they visited us, several of the players who are returning this season were already there. This shows that they are a team that plays instinctively and knows exactly what they are doing’. 

Malla trusts his team and states that: ‘It is one of the matches we need to win to remain in the upper reaches with a degree of confidence, but it will be fiercely contested because they recently put Sinfín under pressure. It will be complicated and difficult, but we hope to rise to the occasion, be defensively solid and show greater attacking rhythm in attack and in transition’.

‘It is a difficult weekend because of the bank holiday, but we hope the pavilion remains full and that, matchday after matchday, more people become invested in our boys, which I believe is the important thing.’, Maya concludes. 

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.