Fertiberia travel to Cangas hoping to put in a good performance

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face Frigoríficos del Morrazo Balonmano Cangas on Saturday 20 April from 19:30. The match, corresponding to matchday 26 of the Liga Plenitude ASOBAL, sees Malla’s already-relegated side take on a Cangas team looking to avoid the relegation play-out place. For their part, Malla’s men will try to finish second from bottom. 

The red-and-white side come into the match after mathematically confirming relegation alongside Balonmano Sinfin. On this, Malla says: ‘Once relegation was confirmed, practically a year after achieving promotion, we took the news sadly because it was a return that cost us a great deal to achieve, and now we have to think about the future. Next season we will adapt to what we have; we have been preparing for it for weeks with the greatest enthusiasm and with the desire to try to return to ASOBAL as soon as possible. It will be difficult, but obviously we have to keep the ambition of putting that objective at the forefront of our minds.’

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, says they are approaching the match with enthusiasm despite everything: ‘We will approach this week as we have done up to now because, despite all the injury and institutional problems, we already know where we are going and we have to try to make every match a celebration and a thank-you to the supporters for everything they give us.’ 

Regarding Balonmano Cangas, Malla says ‘They are in their best moment. I already said it in the first half of the season: in my view, they were below where they should have been, and now there is no doubt that they are the most in-form team in the league. But, judging by what our players are doing, I think we can put in a good performance and compete well with them. Last Saturday we were close to taking points from a great team that will surely play in Europe, so we are going with the intention of trying to cause an upset. We will enjoy the remaining months in ASOBAL and put in good performances, always playing with enthusiasm.’

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.