Fertiberia aim to beat the leaders at the Ovni

The second half of the season begins for Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto with a major fixture. The leaders visit us on Saturday and are therefore the red-and-whites' direct rivals for promotion to Asobal. A big match against Balonmano Nava begins at 18:30 at the Ovni. From the club, we appeal to the fans to come and support the team in one of the key matches of the season.

The red-and-white coach, Vicent Nogués, highlighted that “it will be a difficult match because we are facing the leaders, and victory will be key to achieving direct promotion. They have a great squad with top players in every position, and they will not come here relaxed.”

“I would like to see the pavilion full and everyone come to support us. The ‘We’ll return’ project belongs to everyone, and a group of us have come here to return the club to Asobal; we must lead the project with the fans. Let the team see itself reflected in them, and together let us take this forward.”, the red-and-white coach concluded.

Montoya puts in a great performance for the Hispanos Junior

Red-and-white pivot Iván Montoya played in the Four Nations Tournament with the Hispanos Junior side a few weeks ago. At the tournament, which also included our physiotherapist, Paco Dubón, and doctor Nacho Nebot on the coaching staff, the young Hispanos faced the national teams of Portugal, Germany and France. Although they did not win against any of the teams, our pivot had a great tournament, scoring 12 goals, six of them in the match against Germany, making him the Hispanos' top scorer.

Montoya assesses the tournament and says: “Despite the results in the three matches, the tournament has helped us draw conclusions and improve certain aspects ahead of future tournaments, especially the World Championship.”

“It is a source of pride to represent Spain in an international tournament, especially knowing that we are in the preparation phase for a World Championship being held at home,” Montoya adds regarding how he felt on being called up for the national team again.

“We are a great group both on and off the court and, despite our shortcomings physically, we continue to stand up to every opponent. If we improve this disadvantage, we can achieve even better results.”

The negative aspect was that Montoya suffered a setback in the match against France: “During one incident, two players fell to the floor and I suffered a minor sprain, and my collarbone was affected.”

Iván still does not know whether he will be able to play against Nava, but says that “the Nava side have a great squad and it will be a very difficult match, but we have the support of the fans, which has been very important so far.”

“My intention is to play on Saturday, but it will depend on the doctors,” Montoya concludes.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.