<strong>Fertiberia aim to finish the first league phase unbeaten</strong>

The red and whites face Ibiza on Saturday 4 March from 7 pm at the Ovni

Fertiberia Handball face Handball Ibiza next Saturday, 4 March, from 7 pm at the Ovni. This is the final match of the first phase of the competition, which Toni Malla’s side reach unbeaten, top of their group and with 10 points secured to compete in the promotion phase to Asobal. Although the points earned against Ibiza will not affect the future of the Puerto Sagunto side or their objective of promotion, the red and whites approach the match aiming to finish unbeaten. 

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, highlights: ‘The victory in Alicante was very important, not only on a motivational level, but also because of the importance of the points. We know that, whatever happens in tomorrow’s match, we will carry 10 points into the next phase, and I think that is important. We are not playing for anything this week because Ibiza cannot qualify; only the prestige of finishing the first phase unbeaten is at stake. But we approach it with the idea of continuing to compete as we have done until now. Obviously, we will rotate everyone so that the players who deserve more minutes have their opportunity, and because we need all our players for the next phase.’

Regarding the opponents they will face, Malla says: ‘They are a team that plays very well and missed out on the promotion battle by only a few points. Our group has been very tough compared with the other one. They play and defend brilliantly, and they will want to win to start the next phase with positive feelings.’

‘Since Monday, we have already been preparing for the second phase, not only tactically, to introduce new concepts, but also physically, to reach the promotion phase in the best possible condition. One of the reasons we did not win last year was that we arrived with little fuel left, both physically and mentally. We want to put in a good performance on Saturday and continue growing as a team, as we have been doing. We hope the fans come, get behind us and enjoy the play of our youngsters, who are doing very well.’ Malla concludes.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.