On Wednesday, Fertiberia play their ‘last bullet’ against Cangas at the Ovni

Fertiberia handball Puerto Sagunto face Frigoríficos Morrazo Balonmano Cangas on Wednesday, 12 May, at 19:30. The match, to be played at the Pabellón Municipal Internúcleos, Ovni, is part of matchday 28 of the Liga Sacyr ASOBAL and is a genuine relegation final between Fertiberia, who are 16th in the table (14 points), and Cangas, who are 14th (17 points). The match can be followed live on Liga Sport TV. The red-and-white coach will have his full squad available except for Bruno Kozina, who is still recovering from his injury. It is a match they simply have to win, moving to within 1 point of Guadalajara and Cangas, to remain alive in the fight to stay in the top tier of Spanish handball.

The red-and-white coach, Vicent Nogués, says that ‘I think the team were not bad in the match against Huesca, apart from the missed shots. We played well against a team fighting to qualify for Europe next season. We gave everything and kept battling, but were left on the shore practically in the 55th minute’.

Regarding the importance of Wednesday’s match, he stresses that: ‘The Cangas match is our last bullet; it is a final. Our last options depend on winning this match, and I think the team are mentally prepared for it. Although the results have not gone our way, the boys are playing well, and what we need is to finish things off in the moments when we have to. I think it will be very important for the team to have the good feeling we had against Huesca in the first half. Seeing the Ovni full also gave us goosebumps, and their support gave us a very important boost. This week must be the same’.

Regarding the opponents, Nogués says ‘Cangas have a very combative team. They are three points ahead of us and, if we win, we would be there, one point behind them, trying to catch them. It is also very important to win the goal difference, as we lost by two goals there; we have to try to win that battle. They are a team who play with great intensity and a high tempo, with a defensive system that always has great depth. They always try to disrupt the attack, so we have to minimise our passing and shooting errors. In attack, David Iglesias is in good form, and the team play with great intensity from the situations that arise there. That is one of the things we have to try to control, along with their counter-attack.

‘I hope people come to the Ovni ready to cheer us on. I think this is the last bullet, the last opportunity we have to climb out of the hole, and I am convinced that if we all pull in the same direction, on Thursday we will be thinking about how to earn another point and try to overtake Guadalajara and Cangas in the table’, Vicent Nogués concludes.

Members who can attend the Ovni

The match, which will also be broadcast by La Liga Sport TV, will also have spectators. Specifically, the following members may attend: all M and F members and their linked members. In addition, S-919 to S-1048 and their linked members. We recommend that members who can attend arrive in good time to pass the COVID-19 prevention checks and not miss a minute of the match.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.