Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto continue their run and beat Sant Quirze

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Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto earn another victory, beating Handbol Sant Quirze 32–30. The red-and-whites remain unbeaten so far this year and move on to 20 points, targeting the top of the table. They continue to achieve their objective of finishing among the top five teams that will fight for promotion to the ASOBAL league in the second phase.

The match began with a slightly cold red-and-white side. Attacking errors, combined with saves from the Sant Quirze goalkeeper, allowed the visiting team to move ahead on the scoreboard. But after the first quarter of an hour, thanks to saves from Admella and goals from Ortega, Alfonso and Del Rincón, Toni Malla’s side turned the score around. The Sant Quirze coach called a timeout, but the red-and-whites were fired up in attack and doubled their lead. Sant Quirze tried to reduce the gap and went into half-time 17–12 down.

After the interval, Fertiberia built a significant lead, allowing Toni Malla to rotate the squad. Sant Quirze pushed and tried to draw level until the end, but it was not possible against a Fertiberia side that held firm with the support of their fans, who encouraged them until the final whistle.

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, said: ‘Overall, we did not play a good match. Today it was noticeable that people looked exhausted in certain actions; we were not solid. Despite not playing well, especially in defence, the team knew how to win. We have taken two points that bring us closer to our objective of finishing among the top five. We need to be a little self-critical and keep working to beat Eón, which could mathematically qualify us for the phase that will fight for promotion to ASOBAL.’

MATCH DETAILS:

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Ignasi Admella, Alfonso (5), Alex Ortega (5), Del Valle (3), Aron Díaz Ledo (2), Valter Soares (3), Del Rincón (5), Daniel Martínez, Adrián Nolasco (3), Javier Manzano (3), Daniel Sedano (1), Luis Arnau, Poveda (2), David López Ortego, Matic.

Handbol Sant Quirze: Alejandro, Joan Blanco, Ricard Reig (2), Carlos Pueyo (3), Oriol Blanco (5), Oriol Fernández, Daniel Navarro Gerard Esparza, Marc García (5), Natan Moreno (6), Sergi Navarro (1), Alez Malid (4), Gonzalo Romero (1), Nil Guiteras, Alex Berbel (3), Salvatella.

Scores: 0–3, 4–4, 7–7, 10–8, 14–8, 17–12, 18–14, 22–17, 27–20, 29–26, 31–28, 32–30

Officials: For Fertiberia, Ortega, Soares (2), Nolasco and Poveda were suspended. For Sant Quirze, Oriol Blanco and Alez Malid were suspended.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.