Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto play their first final of the season against BM Aragón

Tomorrow, Friday, from 8.30 pm, BM Aragón and Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto will contest two vital points for both sides.

The Aragonese are bottom (16th, 4 points), but Fertiberia are not far ahead with their meagre five points and, following yesterday's Benidorm victory in Pamplona, have moved into second-bottom place pending tomorrow's match and what the other teams involved can do, in a monumental traffic jam at the foot of the table, where ninth-placed Puente Genil have 8 points and a match more than the Valencians and Aragonese.

Against this backdrop, and following Fertiberia's umpteenth collapse—seven consecutive matches without a win and just one draw in Aranda—Pachi Martí's players have set their sights on changing the fans' mood with a match in Zaragoza that could herald better times. Of course, Lozano's side are also looking at the table and, although they have just lost two matches against direct rivals, Puente Genil and Ciudad Encantada, they too hope Fertiberia can leave the Príncipe Felipe defeated. The venue is not, incidentally, the Aragonese side's usual home and presents two contrasting records for the Valencians. On the one hand, its grandeur diminishes and overwhelms the Aragonese support, which is not large enough these days for such a facility. On the other hand, the statistics favour the hosts, as Fertiberia have never beaten Aragón at this ground, although they did win there last season at the Siglo XXI.

No absences are expected from the Valencian squad, subject to today's training session, while Lozano also hopes to have his full squad available. In attack, the player-coach himself stands out with 55 goals, alongside another member of what we might call “Asobal's little magicians”, Borja Lancina, who, together with Teucro's Eric Balenciaga, has proved unstoppable despite his slight build. In fact, Lancina is Aragón's top scorer with 57 goals, two more than master Lozano; together they account for 40% of BM Aragón's goals.

Given Zaragoza's relative proximity, some Valencian supporters are expected to attend, although the fact that the Aragonese scheduled the match for Friday has greatly reduced the travel options for many red-and-white fans.

So, high tension at the Príncipe Felipe, with two key points at stake in this gripping lower section of the Liga Bauhaus Asobal table.

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