MATCH REPORTS AND FIXTURES
Fertiberia play Antequera at the Ovni on Saturday
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face BM Los Dólmenes Antequera on Saturday 1 October from 6.30 pm at the Municipal Internúcleos Pavilion, Ovni. The red-and-whites will not want to drop any more points at home against a rival who come off a two-goal defeat to BM Alarcos Ciudad Real and sit second from bottom, with their points tally yet to be opened. The coach hopes for a full Ovni, as in the Barça match: ‘may the fans continue responding as they always do; I’ve been here for several years now and I’m still amazed by them’.
2022-09-28
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face BM Los Dólmenes Antequera on Saturday 1 October from 6.30 pm at the Municipal Internúcleos Pavilion, Ovni. The red-and-whites will not want to drop any more points at home against a rival who come off a two-goal defeat to BM Alarcos Ciudad Real and sit second from bottom, with their points tally yet to be opened. The coach hopes for a full Ovni, as in the Barça match: ‘may the fans continue responding as they always do; I’ve been here for several years now and I’m still amazed by them’.
Red-and-white coach Toni Malla explains how they have spent the week following their last-gasp victory in Ciudad Real: ‘After the Caserío match, in which we had some good moments and some not so good ones, with a hard-fought ending that I believe was fair because we were ahead on the scoreboard throughout. The team is fully engaged; one of the positive things we can take from it is everyone’s attitude. This week we have been correcting the things we got wrong on Saturday and have already prepared for a very important match like the one coming up.’
Regarding a rival who have yet to win this season, Malla says: ‘No one should think Antequera are an easy team; they remind me a little of when we started last year. They come from ASOBAL and are a completely new team. I think, from what I have seen, that they are doing well, but anxiety is getting the better of them, just as happened to us. However, I am absolutely convinced that it will be a very difficult match. In the end, they have very talented players: Rafa Baena, whom we will have to watch very closely; Nico López, Aitor Gómez and Alberto. They have a group of players who give them the potential to be promotion candidates. Things are not working out for them, but they will have a turning point and we hope it will not be on Saturday. We will have to be very alert and very sharp in attack. Winning would be very important because we would go into the break with a certain cushion over our direct rivals. We are only thinking about taking it match by match and improving what we are doing.’
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