Fertiberia travel to Logroño to compete, hopeful of earning points

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto face BM Logroño La Rioja on Saturday at 16:00 at the Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja. Toni Malla’s side approach the Matchday 18 fixture with optimism, as the red-and-whites managed to beat the La Rioja team at the Ovni in the first half of the season. 

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, says: ‘the lads have trained very well this week, returning to what we had been doing in previous months. I congratulate them on their work, because it is not easy to regain good feelings after losing a match like the one last weekend’.

Regarding the opponents they will face, Malla says: ’We are playing against a team we managed to beat in the first half of the season by putting in a great performance. It is true that all the stars aligned: we defended well, were accurate in attack and the goalkeeping worked, while even the refereeing was very good. But the reality is that we are facing a great opponent who are doing very well. They have improved enormously in terms of their playing structure. We have tried to analyse them as thoroughly as possible, and we are going there expecting to compete in the match, which is what we have been doing lately despite our situation’.

‘We want to compete and arrive in the best possible shape for the next home match, because with each passing week we are further away from earning points. However, each week the team are more rested, we will get players back, and that is the most important thing for us. We are going with the intention of competing, giving it a try, and if we are in a position to win it, doing so. I hope that one day the work we are doing will be reflected in the results’ Maya concludes.

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