Fertiberia lose by one at the Quijote Arena

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto lost 35–34 to Balonmano ID Energy Caserío by the narrowest of margins, in a match that slipped away from them in the final minutes.

The match began with Fertiberia more effective, reaching the eighth minute at 2–7 on the scoreboard. The rojiblancos were able to score in almost all their positional attacks, while Caserío could not find the net. The home coach stopped the match and Caserío toughened up their defence and tried to cut the deficit. But Malla’s sidecontinued scoring and remained superior on court. Novais(9), Dusan(7), Arnau (5) and Capitán(4)stood out in attack. As a result, they went into half-time with the score at 14–19.

After the interval, the Caserío stepped up their attack and levelled the score in the 15th minute and managed to move one goal ahead with 11 minutes remaining. But instead of shrinking, Fertiberia capitalised on Caserío’s errors to score quickly and establish a two-goal lead. But Caserío levelled again and went one goal ahead with 10 seconds remaining. They tried until the end but lost by the narrowest of margins.

Match details:

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Guilherme (1), Del Valle, Diego Olba (3), Nico López (1), Dani Martínez, Alex Plaza (1), Joaquin Barceló, Arnau Fernández(5), Dusan Trifkovic (7), Gonzalo Pérez, David García(4), Mario Rodríguez, Matheus Novais (9), Antonio Capitán(4), Seke Gallart, Sergio Torío.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.