Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s youth team get off to a flying start in the Sector

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto beat Granada’s BM Maracena by a convincing 40–19 in a match played this afternoon at the Ovni, belonging to Sector G of the Spanish Men’s Youth Championship, in front of an impressive 800 spectators—a high-level attendance for a youth match.

Antonio Sario’s side came out fully fired up, determined to settle the game as soon as possible, and the first three missiles came from their star player, Spanish international Juan Antonio Sario, establishing the first lead. The defensive intensity, with Cubero and Machi at the centre and Alex Sanchez providing support, meant that the Granada side could not find any spaces. After some adjustments on the counter-attacks, the lead increased to 15–5, which was on the scoreboard halfway through the first half. The rotations continued among the extensive red-and-white squad without affecting either the play or the lead. BM Maracena relied on Victor Povedano, Granada’s leading scorer with six goals.

The 21–9 half-time score left little doubt about Valencia’s superiority, but in the second half the Andalusian side’s drop in morale and the home team’s high tempo meant that the scoring gap widened further, with Oscar Sanchez, Carlos Cebrian and the aforementioned Sario scoring 8, 6 and 9 goals respectively.

Everyone in the Fertiberia squad took part and was able to conserve energy for the long challenge of playing three matches in three days.

In the previous match, Unio Esportiva Sarria also had no problems beating Handbol Eivissa 39–24.

Tomorrow there will be another double-header: from 6 pm, BM Maracena will face Sarria, while at 8 pm Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto will face Handbol Eivissa.

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto: Conca, Palacios and Ollivares. Perales(1), Oscar(8), Marcos(1), Joel(3), Cubero(3), Alvaro(1), Asier(2), Bensach, Cebrian(6), Guillermo(5) and Sario(9).

BM Maracena: Cartamil and Iglesias. Pena, Barranco, Lopez, Robledo(3), Guerrero, Garcia, Ramirez(2), Garcia, Povedano(6), Fernandez(3), Carlos Guerrero(3), Duran(2), Gomez and Castro.

Officials: Millan and Gutierrez(Catalonia). For Fertiberia, Javi Cubero was suspended for two minutes, while Povedano was suspended for BM Maracena.

Score every five minutes: 4–2,8–4,10–5,15–5,18–7,21–9. Half-time. 22–11,26–11,28–14,31–15,34–16.40–19. Full-time.

Pabellon Municipal Internucleos Ovni. 800 spectators.

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