Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto aim to continue their winning run against Fraikin Granollers

Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto face Fraikin BM Granollers at the Ovni this Wednesday from 20:15, with the clear intention of extending their unbeaten run in the second half of the Liga Bauhaus Asobal.

Neither the calibre of their opponents, third in this league and the previous one, nor their status as a European team can curb the ambition of a squad whose attitude has been transformed by Nikola Milos’s arrival on the bench.

The fact is that Fertiberia’s figures in these first two rounds are outstanding. Suffice it to say that only three teams have won both league matches: Fertiberia and the two Champions League sides in the domestic competition, Barcelona and Naturhouse. Their opponents, Fraikin, dropped a point in Puente Genil in the first round of the second half of the season.

Milos’s side, with two victories over direct rivals Ciudad Encantada and Puente Genil, have established a three-point cushion over relegation and approach this new league fixture with sky-high morale and decreasing pressure. No one is unaware that the points against Granollers are not part of the Valencians’ league, but that is precisely why they approach the match ambitiously. The record at the Ovni in the Asobal league is favourable to Fertiberia in their encounters with the Valles side, who, despite their strength, struggle greatly at the Ovni. Last year, for example, the Valencians won 30–27.

For the Valles side, the challenge is to forget their bitter defeat in the EHF Cup, where they squandered a ten-goal lead before narrowly losing to Romania’s Dinamo Bucuresti. The competition gives them no respite, as this weekend they will play a major part of their chances of staying alive against Denmark’s Aalborg Handbold. Regarding absences and returns for the match, Carlos Viver’s side travel without the familiar absentee Salva Puig and with Brazilian Henrique Teixeira doubtful. For the Valencians, all the news is positive, including in this area, as goalkeeper Ibrahim Moral is once again available to Milos, as is academy player Toni Alegre, who has overcome the ankle problems that kept him out of the match against Puente Genil. With regard to the match, Alegre said that “the team is very confident and I see everyone in good form”, further evidence of the state of mind with which Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s Valencian red-and-whites approach the match.

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