Fertiberia beaten by a far superior opponent

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto were unable to overcome a superior León side (23–33), who were lethal from the wings and on the counter-attack. The red-and-whites faced a fiercely contested match against a team expected to challenge near the top of the table, while missing Bruixola, Pozzer, Dija and Marcos through injury. Special mention goes to the Marea Rojiblanca supporters' group, who cheered tirelessly even during the periods when the team's finishing was consistently poor.

The red-and-whites kept pace with the León side during the opening minutes. But when they began making mistakes in attack, León's wingers became unstoppable on the counter-attack and the gap on the scoreboard grew ever larger. They went into half-time with the score at 12–20.

After the interval, Nogués's side gave it everything, but the visitors' clinical attacking play prevented them from reducing the deficit. Just when it seemed they were about to close the gap to three goals, another red-and-white error in front of goal allowed the match to slip away again. The final minutes were best forgotten: steps, attacking errors and a team short of ideas eventually resulted in a 10-goal defeat.

MATCH DETAILS:

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Guillermo Martínez, Jaka (5), Nacho Mirallave, Leo Querin (2), Marcos Dorado, Camacho, Adrián Ribes, Guillermo Corzo (7), Iñigo Celorrio, Toni Alegre (4), Dija Cruz (4), Alex Tello (2), Óscar García (2), Ángel López, Jordi Manero (1).

Ademar León: Rubén Machán (7), Mario López (6), Erwin (5), Gonzalo, Tin (4), Pedro (1), David (2), Juanjo Fernandez, Dino, Jaime Fernández (4), Gonzalo Pérez Arce (1), Carrillo (3), Patotski (0), Adrián Casqueiro.

Scores by period: 1–1, 2–4, 5–9, 7–13, 12–19, 12–20, 14–22, 16–23, 18–23, 20–27, 22–29, 23–33

Referees: Sebastián Fernández and Alberto Murillo. Jaime Fernández of Ademar León was excluded.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.