Fertiberia show no mercy and beat Novás at home again

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto secured another 27-23victory over Valinox Novás in a match in which the red-and-whites made a poor start but managed to overpower their opponents in the second half. With this result, Toni Malla's side finish the round in the top three and continue to fight for promotion to Asobal.

The match began with a tough Novás defence that blunted the red-and-whites' attack. The Galicians built a three-goal lead, and it was not until the 23rd minute that Malla's side managed to level the score with two goals from Olba, before going into the break one goal ahead (14-13).

After the interval,the Fertiberia broke the game open and moved five goals clear, with a superb Mario Rodriguez locking down the goal. The defence tightened up and gave Olba (9) the chance to run on the counter-attack and Malla's side knew how to maintain their lead with a fine team performance.

Match details:

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Leonel, Del Valle, Diego Olba (9), Nicolás López Rey, Dani Martínez, Alex Plaza(3), Joaquin Barceló, Arnau Fernández(3), Dusan Trifkovic, Gonzalo Pérez (1), David García (1), Mario Rodríguez, Matheus Novais (4), Antonio Capitán (3), Seke Gallart, Sergio Torío (2).

Score progression: 3-4, 4-5, 5-8, 8-9, 12-12, 14-13, 16-14, 20-15, 22-17, 23-20, 26-20, 27-23

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