<strong>Fertiberia want to start the second half of the season by enjoying themselves and beating Barça Atlètic</strong>

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face Barça Atlètic on Saturday 3 December at 18:15 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Having finished the first half of the season top of the group and unbeaten, the red and whites travel to Barcelona aiming to remain at the top of the table and bring both points back to Puerto de Sagunto.

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, looks back on the first half of the season, saying that the mark could be a high distinction: ‘The disappointment has been the two draws in which we dropped two points, because they were matches we had in our hands. I can only say that the team are doing well; the first half of the season has been good, worthy of a distinction, and the important thing is to keep working. Our objective right now is no more than to reach the promotion phase. The sooner we achieve it, the sooner we can think about everything else. This league is very difficult and any opponent can cause us problems. The only objective must be to reach the promotion phase as soon as possible’.

Regarding the match they face in Barcelona this weekend, Malla says that ‘it is a very attractive match against the runners-up, whom we are two points behind. Right now we are the two most in-form teams in the group and I think it will be a great contest. We are two teams who know each other very well’. Regarding the opponents, the red-and-white coach adds that they are a team ‘who are young and dangerous in every aspect. Their transitions are magnificent and their increasingly well-worked attack resembles that of the first team; they are trying more and more to emulate them. They have evolved enormously as a unit, in terms of rotations, and this will be the most difficult match of this first phase’.

‘I believe we have to enjoy this match. We suffered a lot in matches against Ibiza, where the pressure on us got the better of us. I think this will be an opportunity to put that behind us and play well, because if we do, I think we can win and take something positive from it. Without enjoying ourselves, it will be very difficult. We are going to take those two points, which would be very important’, Malla concludes regarding Saturday’s match.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.