Fertiberia will seek their first victory in Valladolid

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face Recoletas Valladolid on Sunday 17 September, from 12:30, at the Huerta del Rey Pavilion. The match corresponding to Matchday 2 of the Plenitude Asobal Professional League is a new opportunity for Toni Malla’s side to get their first points of the season, after losing at the Ovni against Torrelavega (20-26). They will face a team who began with an away win against Bada Huesca (25-30).

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, explained that they had spent a week with a heavy workload to correct: ‘the things we did not do well against Torrelavega. We are in the process of adapting the new players, and that shows’ Although he said that the feelings after watching the match video ‘are better than when the match ended’.

Regarding Sunday’s opponents, Malla explained that: ’We see this week as an important one against a side that has one of the best team units in recent seasons because the young players have matured and give them a deep bench and tactical variety, especially in attack. They have players of great quality and play very well in all kinds of defensive situations, so it will be very difficult, even more so at their home ground’.

‘We have nothing to lose. We know this is one of the matches in which we have to push hard and give it a go, but our aim is to regain our attacking confidence after the match against Torrelavega. If we improve that, we can hurt Valladolid’, Malla added.

The red-and-white coach is hopeful of improving offensively in order to pick up some points at Huerta del Rey: ’We are going there with a clear head, great desire, intensity and the desire to perform well; I can see it in the players, in their desire to do a good job and show that the other day’s result was completely misleading and even somewhat unfair, despite Torrelavega being a great team. We want to put that right on Sunday against Valladolid’. 

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.