Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto lose to a formidable opponent

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto lost 33–20 to BM Atlético de Madrid, a superior opponent who had no trouble taking both points in an uneven match. The opening stages were evenly matched until the Madrid side took a two-goal lead (7–5). The home side began to assert themselves in attack and defence; the gap had opened up and from the 15th minute the scoreboard showed 10–6, prompting Vicent Nogués to call a timeout to give his players instructions. The Valencians could not prevent the home side from pulling away with shots from distance and from the wings. At the other end, Iker Serrano found space between the compact defence and anticipated his opponents to keep the deficit to just seven goals. At half-time, Fertiberia went in behind and could not disrupt the home side's excellent play (17–10). After the restart, Dujshebaev's men Dujshebaev stepped up the pace and gave Fertiberia no options, with very intense defending and Dahl's reflexes in goal. Fertiberia became bogged down in attack and could not find a way to reduce the sizeable deficit. In this way, the Madrid side sealed the match thanks to their greater attacking accuracy. The final score was 33–20 to the home side, who secured a comfortable victory against a Fertiberia team that eased off in the closing minutes, fielding players who do not usually get as much game time. In short, a very comfortable match for the Madrid side and one fewer of the so-called “other league” fixtures for the Valencians. The next match will be played on Wednesday 13 at 20:15 against Naturhouse La Rioja. BM Atlético de Madrid: Dahl, Diez, Edu Fernández, Julen Aguinagalde (5), Källman (2), Balic (3), Gojun, Ferrer (4), Ángel Romero (3), Markussen (5), Jurkiewicz, Davis (3), Cañellas (3) and Lazarov (5). Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Bruixola, Pablo, Samuel, Mateu, Moriñigo (1), Tarrasó, Berrios (3), Chernov (2), Ángel Fernández, Vallés (1), Serrano (9), Ruiz (1), Milasevic (2), Toni Alegre and Nebot (1). Referees: Rafael Alberto García Mosquera and Enrique Ríos Martín. Suspensions for BM Atlético de Madrid: Markussen (2), Gojun (DD); and for Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Iker Serrano. Score at five-minute intervals: 1–1, 4–3, 7–5, 10–6, 13–8, 17–10 Half-time 20–11, 24–23, 26–16, 28–19, 30–20, 33–20. Full-time. Palacio Vistalegre, 4,247 spectators

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