Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto appeal to their supporters to win the Valencian derby.

This coming Sunday, Valencian men’s handball will experience its Liga Profesional Asobal derby. From 20:00, live on Teledeporte and Liga +, Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto face TM BM Benidorm. It is an emotionally charged match because fate has decreed that it will take place on 8 October, the eve of the Day of the Valencian Community, and has been designated by Asobal as Match of the Day. The club has organised an afternoon full of leisure activities in the FAN ZONE, which will be set up from 17:00 to 19:00 in the area surrounding the Ovni. To add to the emotional occasion, the President of the RFEBM, and fellow Valencian, Francisco Blázquez, has confirmed his attendance to present the red-and-white club with the Silver Division champions’ trophy from last season. All this will make for a highly charged build-up, but it will fade into the background when the sporting action begins on the Ovni’s blue court. As local coach Toni Malla reminds us, TM Benidorm arrive at the Ovni “with a large part of the squad that competed in Europe last year, and which, in my view, has been assembled with great intelligence and is led by a great player such as Nacho Valles.” For Malla, the red-and-white antidote that will allow them to continue collecting points in the fight for survival involves several key factors: “first, to regain the defensive intensity we lacked in Puente Genil and did show against Logroño. That will enable our goalkeepers to return to their great effectiveness”; the Tortosa-born coach says the second key is “that we are better in attack and are losing few balls”; and the third is the Ovni effect: “I appeal once again to our supporters to give us that extra energy which will allow us to collect these important points against a great opponent.” If these three antidotesare enough to overcome the Alicante side’s weapons, we will find out on Sunday at around ten at night, at the end of this celebration of Valencian handball.

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