The run continues

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto remain unstoppable at the Port de Sagunt Sports Pavilion, defeating Balonmano Soria 34-29 today in a match corresponding to the tenth round of the Men's Silver Honour Division.

Dani Martínez returned to the starting line-up in the red-and-white goal after his great cup performance against BM Caserío Ciudad Real. The match’s first two-minute suspension came barely a minute in, specifically for Rubén Etayo. Despite this, the Sorians took the lead for the first time at 2-3. Toni Malla called his first time-out in the fifth minute with the score at 2-5, and it had the desired effect thanks to the defence, goalkeeping and transitions, producing a 4-0 run that turned the aforementioned 2-5 into 6-5. The first significant Puerto Sagunto lead then arrived with a +3 at 10-7, forcing Oriol Castellarnau to call his first time-out.

The difference was already +6 (13-7) in the 19th minute, with every home player who stepped onto the 40×20 contributing greatly in attack. Oriol Castellarnau therefore stopped the match again. Everything suggested that we would see another comfortable Valencian victory at home, but defensive inaccuracies allowed the Castile and León side to cut the deficit to 16-14 by the end of the first thirty minutes.

Paco Revuelta’s saves and Sergio Tobes’s direction from centre-back meant that we had a new match after the restart, with a small 0-2 run levelling the score again at 16-16. After several minutes of a level score, the yellow team went ahead again in the 44th minute at 22-24. Toni Malla stopped the match with his second interruption. He also brought Juani Villarreal on in goal in place of Dani Martínez.

This time-out, like the first, had the desired effect, with a strong 7-2 run led by goals from the wingers (Carlos Martín and Gonzalo Pérez). It prompted the visitors’ final time-out as they tried to turn the 29-26 scoreline around. The Tortosa coach used his final time-out before the 57th minute, and the match was ultimately settled positively at +5 (34-29), the final score.

With these two new points, Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto are temporarily second in the competition with thirteen points and a game in hand (against Trops Málaga), pending the results from the rest of the round. Their next fixture will be next Saturday the 22nd, away to Trasmapi HC Eivissa from 20:00.

MATCH DETAILS: 

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto (34): Juani Villarreal (-), Paco Ruiz (-), Jakob Pelko (2), Dani Martínez (-), Pozzer (4), Arnau Fernández (2), Gonzalo (5), David García (1), Matheus de Novais (1), Serradilla (5), Capitán (5), Zungri (5), Carlos Martín (2), Teixidor (2).

Balonmano Soria (29): Roberto Antón (-), Marcos Vinícius (10), Unai Osa (-), Martín Delfini (5), Miguel Campos (1), Fran Revuelta (-), Henrique Petter (-), Benjamín Illesca (1), Sergio Tobes (1), Fran García (1), Rubén Etayo (-), Pedro Berrío (2), Pedro Ibarra (-), Martín Santano (6), Brais Martínez (1), Edu Alonso (1).

Officials: Víctor Rollán Martín and Sergio Martínez Mirón.

Suspensions: Francisco Ruiz, Alex Pozzer, Benjamín Illesca, Rubén Etayo, Pedro Berrío and Pedro Ibarra received two-minute suspensions, while Toni Malla was shown a yellow card.

Scoring sequence: 2-5, 6-5, 10-7, 13-7, 15-10, 16-14 (half-time); 18-16, 21-20, 22-24, 27-25, 30-27 and 34-29 (full-time).

Incidents: Match from the 1st round of the Men's Silver Honour Division, played at the Port de Sagunt Sports Pavilion in front of approximately 1,400 spectators.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.