Fertiberia lose to Logroño after holding their own in the first half

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto lost 38–31 to one of the best teams in the Liga Sacyr ASOBAL, having held their own in a first half in which defences were conspicuous by their absence and goals were exchanged freely.

The red-and-whites came out at the Palacio de los Deportes de Logroño determined to claim at least a point. The opening minutes belonged to them: they opened the scoring with two goals and led until the sixth minute. However, rushed attacking play by the visitors soon allowed the hosts to turn the score around, breaking quickly on the counter-attack. But Nogués’s side had not travelled to Logroño merely to make up the numbers, and with three minutes remaining before half-time, Querín levelled the score. The hosts regained a two-goal lead, but Pozzer pulled one back before the break (19–18).

After the interval, the match followed the same pattern, with every attack ending in a goal. It was an exchange of goals in which the defences were conspicuous by their absence. From the 40th minute onwards, Logroño began to pull away and built a five-goal lead that Vicent Nogués’s side could no longer overturn, without Jaka and Corzo, who left the court with discomfort.

Match details:

CBM Logroño: Jorge Pérez, Sánchez-Migallon (4), Dapiran (5), Balenciaga, Kusan (4), Edward (4), Patrik (5), Goñi, Moreira (2), Lazar Kukic (1), Sergey Hernández, Edu Ortiz (1), Edu Cadarso, Inmanol (9), Rudolph (2)

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Jaka (2), Leo Querín (3), Marcos Dorado, Bruixola, Camacho (4), Corzo (7), Celorrio (3), Toni (2), Dija (2), Óscar García (3), Angel López (1), Pozzer (4),

Scores by period: 3–4, 6–4, 11–8, 13–10, 17–16, 19–18, 23–20, 26–21, 29–25, 31–26, 35–28, 38–31.

Referees: Andrés Peñaranda and José Antonio Yagüe. Patrik, Goñi and Lazar were excluded for BM Logroño. Marcos, Dija and Pozzer were excluded for Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto.

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