Fertiberia lose their first friendly of the season with many absentees
Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto lost their first friendly of the season, a match affected by the absences in the home side, who scrupulously complied with the COVID-19 safety measures. Nogués’ team went into the match without Toni Alegre, Óscar García, Pau Guitart, Lucas Aizen and Chen Pomerang, made their home debut at the Ovni, with Franzini in goal, Gonzalo Carou on his birthday, Miralles and Alex Gil. The younger players also had plenty of minutes; academy player Javier Olivares made very good use of them from centre.
2020-08-15
Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto lost their first friendly of the season, a match affected by the absences in the home side, who scrupulously complied with the COVID-19 safety measures. Nogués’ team went into the match without Toni Alegre, Óscar García, Pau Guitart, Lucas Aizen and Chen Pomerang. They made their home debut at the Ovni, with Franzini in goal, Gonzalo Carou playing on his birthday, and Miralles and Alex Gil. The younger players also had plenty of minutes; academy player Javier Olivares made very good use of them from centre.
The match began with an outstanding performance from the Benidorm goalkeeper, as the red-and-whites’ efforts did not find their way past Latorre’s side’s posts. As a result, they built a lead with their full attacking arsenal, which Nogués’ somewhat depleted side were unable to overturn. They therefore went into the interval 12–19 down.
The second half followed the same pattern. However, Gonzalo Carou stood out in defence, while other youngsters such as Seke and Olivares continued to make the most of their minutes on court.
Fertiberia coach Vicent Nogués said it had been the typical ‘pre-season match. The team is doing a great deal of physical work and there was a lack of legs, passing errors and a lack of intensity at many points because of the physical load we are carrying. I think the team are training very well, we are happy with the work we are doing, and the result may look alarming, but we are currently missing five or six important players from the team and, when they are here, the team will show a different face. I am pleased that nobody was injured and that the whole team took part. All that remains is to keep working, continue recharging our batteries and ensure that the feeling is better in next week’s match’.
The match, which was the first test with spectators, passed without incident, and the 150 members complied with all the COVID-19 prevention measures.
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