Fertiberia travel to Granollers determined to ‘get something’

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto will play the postponed match from matchday 9 against Fraikin Granollers on Wednesday 10 February at 8.30 pm. After earning a point in Valladolid that feels like too little, the red-and-whites travel convinced they can take points and make Saturday’s draw count by taking points at a difficult venue, but one where, according to the coach ‘if the team is up to the task, we can get something and we are determined to do so.’ The postponed first-round match in the Sacyr ASOBAL League can be followed via the La Liga Sport TV app or the new ASOBAL League website, in the ‘live’ section.

Red-and-white coach Vicent Nogués says after Saturday’s match in Valladolid that they let a point slip by failing to manage the final minutes of the clash, but they must try to pick themselves up and go to Granollers for points: ‘After the Valladolid match, it still feels like too little because the team played very well for 50 minutes and, when the decisive moment arrived, we did not know how to manage the goals we had built up. In practically two and a half minutes, the match slipped away from us and either side could then have won. Thanks to Pau’s two final interventions, we drew the match, but on the counter-attack we could also have taken both points. The team is frustrated, but what we have to try to do is pick ourselves up and go to Granollers looking to add points. The team worked very well for 50 minutes, and if we work very well for 60 in Granollers, we will also have chances.’

‘We have to approach every court with a match-by-match mentality because we are seeing that anyone is capable of taking points, given the state of the league at the moment. We do not have a very large squad, and playing Wednesday–Saturday is a little difficult for us, but the players are excited by the match we played the other day. I think this is a match to compete in and see what we can find. If the team performs well, we can get something in Granollers, and we are determined to do so.’

Photo: Enrique López

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