Fertiberia will look to beat Handbol Esplugues to make the points earned against Barça count

The year’s last away match for Toni Malla’s boys
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Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face Handbol Esplugues at Les Moreres on Sunday 12 December at 1 pm. The red-and-whites travel to Catalonia intending to make the two points they earned against leaders Barça B last matchday count. The match, which is the first of the second half of the season, will be the year’s last away fixture, as on 15 December the red-and-whites will face ASOBAL side Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil to continue their Copa del Rey campaign. On 18 December they will host Málaga to round off 2021 at the Ovni.

Coach Toni Malla reviews the week after the victory over Barça B and says: ‘A new week of training, with a long weekend in the middle, but we have carried on working because, as I have said many times, our secret is work, work and more work. Obviously, we are happy with the victory and with the way we won at Barça, a match nobody expected, but we did. We were keen to put in a good performance, we did so, and we are on the path of progress we were looking for. Perhaps we expected it sooner, but things are as they are and I am satisfied with the youngsters’ work.’

Regarding the match, the manager says: ‘We have to go to Esplugues and get the two points, because otherwise the ones we earned against Barça count for nothing. We face a side we know very well, who play very good handball despite being bottom. This match is crucial for them; if they win, it could be a turning point in their fight for survival. It will be an extremely difficult match. They are bottom, but they compete in every game, as shown by the result against Barça B, when they only lost by one at home.’

‘We are going with the aim of getting those two points because the team is currently where we wanted it to be. We have to go there to win and suffer, but above all to bring those two points back to Puerto de Sagunto so that we can approach the following week, with two matches, in a different frame of mind,’ concludes the red-and-white coach.

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