Fertiberia win the final against Villa de Aranda 35–26

Fertiberia Balonmano secure an important 35–26 victory over Blasgón/Bodegas Ceres Villa de Aranda. The match was level during the first 12 minutes, but afterwards it was entirely dominated by the red-and-whites.

The match promised to be a genuine relegation battle. Both teams were aware of this, and the opening was a head-to-head battle between two rivals fighting for their survival. Both sides were fully focused and produced an even first 11 minutes, during which the scoreboard kept ticking over in a constant exchange of goals. From the 12th minute onwards, thanks to Franzini’s saves and an improvement in defence, the red-and-whites moved two goals ahead. At that point, the Villa de Aranda coach called a timeout. The scores were level again, but the red-and-whites moved three ahead once more with goals from an unstoppable Leo Querín, Pozzer and Guillermo Corzo. With ten minutes remaining in the first half, the visiting coach called another timeout. However, the red-and-whites maintained and extended their lead to go into half-time 19–13 ahead. Before the interval, Camacho was sent off with a straight red card.

After the interval, Aranda came out determined to show that the match was not over. They tried to reduce the deficit, but the red-and-whites, supported by their tireless fans, remained strong in defence and quick in attack, with goals from Chen (8), Alex Gil, Aizen and the whole team, who all pulled together to deliver a tremendous victory to their supporters.

Match details

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto: Pau, Miralles (1), Mirallave (2), Querín (4), Alex Gil (3), Camacho (2), Carou, Dani Martínez, Corzo (4), Lucas Aizen (3), Roney, Oscar García (2), Chen (8), Kozina (2), Pozzer (5).

Blasgón/Bodegas Ceres Villa de Aranda: Luis de Vega, Leonel (4), Brian (3), Nicolas López (1), Enrique Calvo, Sukic (2), Juande (5), Miguel Llorens, Adrian Hernando, Javier García (3), Rafael (1), Matheus (5), Julen (2).

Officials: Alberto Macías de Paz and Ernesto Ruíz Vergara. For Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto, Leo (2), Kozina (2), Miaralles and Aizen were suspended. For Blasgón/Bodegas Ceres Villa de Aranda, Sukic (2) and Lenon were suspended.

Scores by period: 2–2, 5–4, 9–8, 12–9, 16–10, 19–13, 20–15, 23–16, 26–17, 28–20, 31–22, 35–26.

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