MATCH REPORTS AND FIXTURES
Fertiberia fall away in the second half against Trops Málaga
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto lose their first match of the season against Trops Málaga (27-23) at the Pabellón Colegios los Olivos. The match began evenly, but favoured Toni Mala’s side; in the second half, an attacking collapse and Oliva’s saves made things difficult. They must learn from their mistakes and focus on Saturday’s match against Ibiza, which will be played at the Ovni at 18:00...
2021-10-02
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto lose their first match of the season against Trops Málaga (27-23) at the Pabellón Colegios los Olivos. The match began evenly, but favoured Toni Mala’s side; in the second half, an attacking collapse and Oliva’s saves made things difficult. They must learn from their mistakes and focus on Saturday’s match against Ibiza, which will be played at the Ovni at 18:00.
In the first half, the match was very even in both defence and attack. It is true that both teams were occasionally hurried. However, the Valencian side created plenty of opportunities by involving their wing players. With all this, they went into half-time with the scoreboard reading 11-12.
After the interval, Málaga turned the score around and from that moment on the match became an exchange of goals in which the balance between the sides was the main feature. At the start of the second half, Cunha had to leave the court injured. Three consecutive turnovers allowed the home side to move two goals ahead. Malla stopped the match with a timeout, but the red-and-whites struggled to reduce the deficit. Cunha returned to the court and opened the scoring, followed by a superb goal from Poveda and a good counter-attack by Valter; together with the opponents’ turnovers, this kept Malla’s side in the match. But the attacking errors returned and ultimately the two points stayed in Málaga.
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