Infantil A fall one goal short of a shock against BM Granollers

Infantil A lost 35–34 to BM Granollers in the match corresponding to the second round of Sector D of the Spanish Championship, held at the Can Bassa Pavilion in Granollers

Some defeats feel like victories, although the defeated side may not feel that way. But we must recognise that a team arriving as fourth in the Valencian Community has put Spain’s best academy and the reigning Catalan champions under severe pressure. Today, Lluis Garcia and Jandro Perez’s boys showed the Spanish handball world that they have reached the elite to stay. Not everyone is capable of producing the performance they delivered today on an opponent’s home court.

And nobody is better placed than manager LLuis Garcia to tell us how the match unfolded. “We started a little stuck in attack, without ideas for overcoming their defence of constant pressing. The first spell was 5–1. The second spell, once we had settled, was 6–5. From there, the match was even until 14–13 at half-time. As soon as the match resumed, a good spell put us two goals ahead. We held that difference until the final five minutes, when there was not much fuel left and the match slipped away in the details. We should highlight the outstanding performance of Alex Monge in goal”.

This Sunday, they face San Jose Obrero, the reigning champions of the Canary Islands, with second place in the sector at stake.

Match details

BM Granollers: Ruiz, Gonzalez (5), Segovia (1), Moya, Tomas, LLuis (4), Moreno, Viaña, Prieto (1), Gerard, Castell (3), León, Ruiz (6), Rof (13), Puigdomenech (2)

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto: Monge and Molina. García Avila, López Ortego (11), Coll, Akba (1), Navio (1), Garcia Peña (1), Olivares (6), Alonso, Martínez Escrig (5), Pau Molina (1), LLuesma (2), Lopez Sanchez, Albiol (6), Garcia Olmo.

Officials: Burguera and Garralda (Basque Country). Rof was suspended twice for Granollers, and Albiol for Fertiberia.

Score every 5 minutes: 2–0, 6–3, 9–7, 11–10, 14–13. Half-time. 18–18, 22–23, 26–27, 30–30, 35–34. Full-time

Can Bassa Pavilion, Granollers. 250 spectators.

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