<strong>Fertiberia travel to Málaga aiming to earn points</strong>

Toni Malla: ‘It is not the same to progress to the next phase with 11 points as with 9. So we will approach the match with great responsibility, humility and the intention of bringing home the two points’

Fertiberia Balonmano face Trops Málaga next Saturday, 4 February, from 18:30 at the Pabellón Colegio los Olivos. Toni Malla's side come into the match having done their job after securing, in the first match of the year, mathematical qualification for the promotion group. Despite achieving the season's first objective, with five matches remaining in the competition's first phase, the red-and-white side do not want to let any points slip away, because if Málaga also progress to the promotion group, the points earned against them will already be added to the second phase's tally. With all this in mind, Malla says they are travelling with the intention of earning points and approaching the match with ‘great responsibility and humility’.

The red-and-white coach, Toni Malla, highlights: ‘We are already qualified, but looking at the table, every match is important to add as many points as possible. It is clear that we are happy and satisfied with qualifying, with five matches still to play, but now we must try to collect everything we can. We have some very important matches ahead’.

Regarding the opponents they will face, Malla says: ‘I already said that Málaga would wake up, and it is clear to see. They have been competing very well in a run of matches, first winning a friendly against Puente Genil, and then earning a point at Alarcos, which is a very difficult venue, this weekend. So we are going to face a very difficult clash because they want to earn those points that nobody has won so far’. 

‘We want to win because if they enter the group that will compete for promotion, those are two points that we carry into the next phase. We are going all out, and I have made the squad understand that this is a very important match. It is not the same to progress to the next phase with 11 points as with 9. So we will approach the match with great responsibility, humility and the intention of bringing home the two points’, Malla concludes.

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