Fertiberia seek redemption against Irún at the Ovni

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto play Bidasoa Irún at the Ovni on Saturday 13 February at 5 pm. The match, corresponding to matchday 20 of the Liga Sacyr ASOBAL, will be played behind closed doors in line with the measures currently in force from the Generalitat Valenciana, but can be watched live via Liga Sport TV and the new ASOBAL website. The red-and-whites approach it eager to make amends after their poor display on Wednesday in the rearranged match played in Granollers. Toni Alegre and Óscar García are doubts for the match.

The red-and-white coach, Vicent Nogués, apologises to the supporters for Wednesday's match in Granollers and says: ‘As the person responsible for the team, I apologise because the team were not there, and you cannot play like that. We went to Granollers without fighting spirit or competitive desire, and I believe that is the first thing you must have when wearing the Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto shirt. We did not reach the minimum standard, we were not present, and that explains the very heavy result against a team we should at least have competed with’.

Regarding the match against Bidasoa Irún, the red-and-white coach says that ‘The week continues; on Saturday we play against Irún. It will be a very difficult match against the league's second-placed team, but we saw the other day in Valladolid that when the team are present, fight and play with intensity, they can get something. Cangas picked up a point at Artaleku the other day, and if we make ourselves strong here at home, we also have chances. All of this depends on putting in a very good performance’.

‘We approach the match seeking to recover the good feelings, such as those from the first 50 minutes we played in Valladolid, and to forget the final 10 minutes and the match against Granollers’, adds Nogués regarding the new match.

Regarding the opponents visiting the Ovni, Vicent says that ‘Irún are a very solid, compact team, with a squad built to play in Europe. They play very good handball, have great intensity and are very intelligent. They are one of the best attacking handball teams in the league and have the most solutions. They also have a very good defensive 6–0 with plenty of physical presence, and the other day they also used a 5–1 against Cangas and it worked. We are working on all of this so that we can approach Saturday's match with confidence’.

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