Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto are taking a break from their holidays to play tomorrow, Saturday, in the Valencian Community Cup final organised by the Valencian Community Handball Federation. Servigroup BM Benidorm, who play in the Primera Nacional, will be the opponents from 19:00 at La Canaleta Pavilion in Mislata, with Nou Dos broadcasting live. The match is a repeat of last year's final, when the two sides met at the Ovni, with the home side winning.
The match comes at a difficult time, as Vicent Nogues' players are enjoying their Christmas holidays and will have had only Friday's training session before playing the match. In addition, various circumstances have affected Nogues' squad selection. The list of absentees for the match is extensive: Milasevic is away with the Montenegro national team; Mateu Castella is "almost ready", but the doctor recommends that he wait until January; Danil Chernov suffered a muscle tear in the last match against Cuenca and has not recovered. David Bruixola is unavailable for work reasons, as are Iker Serrano and Fernando Latorre for personal reasons. Pocholo is doubtful at the time of writing this report. In this situation, Vicent Nogues will have to cover the absences with academy players who regularly train with the Asobal team.
Servigroup, meanwhile, who occupy one of the top positions in Group D of the Primera Nacional, approach the match as a reward for their spectacular 2012 and have even made a coach available for their supporters to accompany them to this important match.
In short, this is Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto's final match of 2012, after which they will continue their holiday until 8 January, when the team begins the second pre-season period it will undertake during the World Championship break.
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