Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto begin pre-season

Fertiberia BM Puerto are already under way as they prepare to compete in the División de Honor Plata next season. On Friday, the first team coached by Toni Malla held its traditional welcome event, opened by president Juanjo Bataller. The red-and-white club’s chief executive was the first to deliver the most repeated message: “the objective is to be league champions”

After acknowledging that “they will have the support of the club and the fans” to return to Asobal, the next to speak was Sports Councillor Javier Timón, who explained to the new signings what life is like in Puerto de Sagunto and highlighted that they are part of ‘an exemplary organisation in terms of management, with fans who cheer throughout every minute of every match. I hope that, especially the new players, you will also take the opportunity to enjoy the city’s charms”, he said before wishing the players ‘the very best of luck’.

The director of Fertiberia’s plant in the city, Felipe Sanz, also did not want to miss the event and stated that ‘it is a source of pride to sponsor a club with the values of Balonmano Puerto Sagunto once again

The Mayor concluded the speeches at the start of the season, offering his support to the players and saying that from that moment they would become ‘ambassadors for the city, as they will carry its name throughout Spain’. He also asked them to leave ‘everything on the court; you will have the full support of the fans’.

Dario concluded that Sagunto Town Council believes particularly strongly in handball and that ‘the city’s fortunes will go hand in hand with those of the team’.

Over the coming days, the team will hold double training sessions focused on physical preparation and court work. As coach Toni Malla explains: ‘they will play 5 friendlies against Granollers, Cuenca, Tourism Global Handball, Agustinos Alicante and Eón Alicante’.

Regarding the fixture list, Malla adds: ‘This season, the División de Honor Plata has many projects with budgets far greater than ours. There are 6 or 7 teams fighting for promotion, which gives the league extraordinary difficulty and competitiveness. We will have to be strong at home, especially at the start while the team develops the right understanding. But without a doubt, from the outset there are projects that are stronger than ours; then the fixture list and the league put everyone in their place’.

‘Our start will be particularly challenging, probably travelling to the toughest venue on the fixture list. Then we host one of the promotion candidates, and on the third matchday we visit FC Barcelona’s reserve side, which is always a difficult opponent’, Malla concludes

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.