Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto travel to Ciudad Real with optimism

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play ID Energy Balonmano Caserío Ciudad Real on Saturday 25 January from 19:00 in the first away match of the second half of the season. The match, corresponding to matchday 17 of the División de Honor Plata, will take place at the Quijote Arena Pavilion and represents a clash between two teams near the top of the table, separated by one point. 

Red-and-white coach Toni Malla says that it is ‘a clash with one of the promotion favourites. They are a much more established team than we are. We are separated by just one point in the table, but they have several players who have been playing together for a long time under the same coach, which enables them to control many tactical variables in both defence and attack’.

Regarding the opponents they will face, Malla says that ‘they are one of the most dangerous opponents in the division and one of the best-built and most balanced squads’.

According to Malla, the aim is to enjoy the match and play without added pressure: ‘we have to go with the aim of enjoying the match and making the people who come to watch us enjoy it, as we know that the Peňa Marea Rojiblanca supporters' group will travel, which means important support for us’. 

Tactically, we have to control everything we have worked on and think that, if we are focused, enthusiastic and committed, we can achieve a good result’, Malla concludes.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.