<strong>Fertiberia retain top spot after winning by the narrowest margin in Ibiza</strong>

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto won 25–26 in a match they dominated for much of the game, but another frantic ending put the victory in jeopardy, as Ibiza scored an equaliser after the final hooter had sounded.

The match began with Fertiberia taking the lead and building a four-goal advantage over the hosts thanks to goals from Poveda, among others. An Ibiza counter-attacking burst saw the islanders take the lead for the first time in the 17th minute. But the red and whites were not deterred and turned the score around again, building a manageable advantage and causing plenty of damage from the pivot. Before half-time, Ibiza once again capitalised on the red and whites’ mistakes and came close to going into the break level (14–15).

After the interval, Fertiberia once again dominated the match, but Ibiza did not give up their efforts to keep the points at home. They maintained a two-goal lead over the hosts until the final minutes, when the red and whites once again endured a heart-stopping finish and almost lost a point to an Ibiza goal that the officials ruled had not been scored before time expired.

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