<strong>Fertiberia will look to beat Burgos to remain top</strong>

Toni Malla: ’This is everyone's responsibility, so I encourage the supporters to come up to the Ovni. We need their support and for the opponents to feel that we are not alone, and that our town is undoubtedly synonymous with handball.’

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play the first match of the Promotion Phase at the Ovni on Saturday 1 April at 6:30 pm. The match, corresponding to matchday 2 of this second part of the competition, will see Toni Malla's side face Balonmano Burgos, who arrive in sixth place with 5 points, while the Puerto side are top with 12 points. 

Red-and-white coach Toni Malla reviews the first match of the promotion phase, played in Aranda the previous weekend, and the Burgos side they will face at the Ovni: ‘We are very satisfied with the work we did in Aranda last weekend, controlling every phase of the game. I think the team is solid and we are facing an opponent with a magnificent squad. Although they are not fighting for promotion as we are in the table, we must not become complacent. After beating Barça, if they get anything from the Ovni they would be in a position to try to challenge for third place.’ 

‘We are approaching the match with the same seriousness as all the others. Burgos were the team that prevented us from gaining promotion or reaching the promotion phase last year, and we still have a score to settle from last season. We will try to play a very serious match and play our game. Last season it harmed us to play the way they wanted; we have to control the tempo of the match,’ Malla adds.

The red-and-white coach encourages the city to come up to the Ovni and support the team in this promotion phase to Asobal: ’This is everyone's responsibility, so I encourage the supporters to come up to the Ovni. We need their support and for the opponents to feel that we are not alone, and that our town is undoubtedly synonymous with handball.’

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