Fertiberia will have a double helping of handball away from home

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play two pre-season matches this weekend. The first will be tomorrow, from 8 pm, in Algemesí. On Sunday, from 5.30 pm, they will fight to bring the Comunitat Valenciana Cup home from Elche. The first fixture of the weekend pits the red-and-whites against a Primera Nacional team, so manager Vicent Nogués plans to give playing time to the youngsters who are doing pre-season with the first team and have been making a very good impression “As we qualified to play in the cup final this week, we have two matches fairly close together, so in the Algemesí match I want to give playing time to the youngsters training with us. Even so, I am going there and, of course, I want to win the match,” Nogués explains. With only one day’s rest, Nogués’s men will travel to Elche on Sunday, where the Comunitat Valenciana Cup final will be played. After beating CD Agustinos at the Ovni, the red-and-whites face BM Benidorm, an Asobal team that has strengthened very well this season to fight for more than simply staying in the division: “Sunday’s match will be a good one against an Asobal team, and I don’t think we will be at 200% given the stage of pre-season we are at and the injury situation, which has not been kind to us. Despite this, I think we will go there to compete and make life difficult for Benidorm.” It will be a difficult match against an Asobal team, and this difficulty is compounded by the fact that Fertiberia’s treatment room is almost fuller than the court. Marcos Dorado, who is still having problems with his quadriceps, and Nacho Mirallave, with a knee problem after the match against Agustinos, are doubts; Bruixola has also picked up a strain in his adductor. In addition, Toni Alegre is out long term with a knee problem, while Pablo del Rincón is awaiting assessment.

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