Fertiberia and Benidorm will play a friendly before the Copa Comunitat Valenciana

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will play another friendly away against BM Benidorm tomorrow, Saturday 24 August. From 6pm at the Palau d’esports l’illa, the two Valencian teams that will compete in Asobal will test themselves before the Copa Comunitat Valenciana, which will be played at the Ovni on 30 August.

Head coach Vicent Nogués says that “it is a match to give the players more time on court so that they reach the first day at 100%. We will travel with some absentees, such as Marcos, David and even Leo, who are carrying knocks. The team has to continue growing and accumulate minutes in order to reach the opening-season match against Liberbank Cuenca Ciudad Encantada in the best possible condition. Benidorm are a strong team, even more so at home, and we are not expecting an easy match at all, but we are going with the mindset that the important thing is the feeling, not the result.”

This will be the red-and-whites’ third friendly. They were unable to beat Fraikin Granollers away, but did defeat Cuenca by the narrowest margin at the Ovni. Regarding the match against the team from Cuenca, Nogués says it was a “typical pre-season match, fairly even. The team had good feelings and knew how to come back during difficult moments, which meant we finished with a good taste in our mouths, as we have a very demanding pre-season and winning a match is always beneficial.”

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