Fertiberia will seek to earn their first 2 points of 2021 in Valladolid

Fertiberia play this Sunday, 7 February, at 12 noon, the first match of the second half of the Sacyr Asobal League against Recoletas Atlético Valladolid. The match, which will be played at the Huerta del Rey Pavilion, can be followed live via the La Liga Sport TV app. The red-and-whites face their first official competitive match of 2021 with the aim of bringing the first 2 points back to Puerto de Sagunto.

The red-and-white coach, Vicent Nogués, said the following before the match about their first opponent of 2021: ‘Valladolid are a team that have been playing together for a long time. Here at home in the first half of the season they beat us by two goals. They are a team that play attacking handball very well. They have great continuity and many, many two-on-two situations with the pivot. Their play is very fluid and very quick, and everyone contributes to allowing their good players to perform. I really like the way they play handball. Defensively, they defend very well, as Pastor instilled there; they close down the spaces a lot, move the 6:0 towards the centre, make you think a great deal and come out to disrupt. They send the opposing team where they want them to go. We also need to be very careful because they are a very fast team on the counter-attack. We must prevent them from being too sharp there, otherwise we will suffer.’

‘We have been working on this match for several weeks and I think that if the team are in good shape, we have a chance of winning. They are coming off an away defeat against Cangas and will be looking to make amends for that match on their own court. We have to keep our heads in the game and gradually add points. We are not going to let any match go by without competing, and the first one we are thinking about is getting the points in Valladolid. I think the whole team are very committed to that idea,’ concludes the Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto coach.

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