Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto travel to Lanzarote to rediscover winning form

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play BM Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife on Saturday 22 February from 19:30. The match, corresponding to matchday 21 of the División de Honor Plata, will take place at the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, and the team approaches it keen to make amends for last weekend's defeat against Burgos.

Red-and-white coach Toni Malla says that ‘this week the first thing we have done is lift the players' spirits and face reality. At the start of the season our expectations were completely different from where we are now, and we have to be very happy with the work they are doing day in, day out. Having one bad match does not mean being catastrophic or seeing the glass as half empty’.

‘We are approaching the match by focusing more on playing well, defending well and doing things properly individually and collectively’, Malla adds. 

They will face an opponent who, according to Toni, ‘are bottom of the division, a team that plays good handball and has highly skilful players in attack, while their position in the table makes them a little insecure. They have plenty of resources, two players in every position, and have now also signed a Serbian shooting left-back. It will be a difficult clash, especially at their home ground. They are a team that always fights until the end with different defensive variations. That increases the demands of the week's preparation, but I trust the players and the day-to-day work.’

‘They are a dangerous opponent, but clearly this is a match in which we must rediscover ourselves. We go into it with great enthusiasm and desire, as well as a positive mindset to do things properly’, the red-and-white coach concludes.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.