Temporarily top with a Port de Sagunt Pavilion packed to the rafters
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto comfortably beat Barça Atlètic (31-25) after a superb first half, in a match from the twelfth round of the Men’s Silver Honour Division played at a Port de Sagunt Pavilion with the...
2025-11-29
The match began with an early two-minute suspension for Alex Pozzer, which prompted David García to come on in the 40×20. Defences dominated after the first five minutes, with the score standing at 1-1. The visitors’ goals came from Álex Ugalde and Miguel Ángel Martín Duque, while Matheus de Novais scored three in a row for the home side. Juani Villarreal began to make his mark in goal with a couple of saves, creating the first slight gap in the hosts’ favour at 8-5 in the 14th minute.
Mikael Lopes came onto the scene with three consecutive goals for the Blaugrana side, who were also boosted by an increase in the effectiveness of their goalkeeper, Filip Saric. Despite this, Daniel Ariño called his first timeout in the 20th minute, as they were still three goals behind (11-8). The home side repeatedly found gaps in the centre of the Culés’ defence through Alex Pozzer. The Catalans’ timeout had no effect, and the hosts established new maximum leads of +5 (13-8) and +6 (15-9), reaching half-time with a six-goal advantage (16-10).
The slight exchange of goals after the restart saw the Blaugrana side reduce the deficit marginally, but Juani Villarreal quickly put a stop to any comeback attempt. Alberto Serradilla was flawless from seven-metre throws. Jakob Pelko’s slight physical discomfort brought Gonzalo Pérez onto the court, and he also joined the scoring party. The connection between the first line and Alex Pozzer continued to work just as it had during the opening thirty minutes. The biggest leads were +8 (22-14) and +9 (23-14), with the 40th minute having passed.
Alex Pozzer’s second suspension made things more difficult against an opponent who were gaining momentum. However, in the following minute, Jan Blas’s suspension for the other side helped the Valencian Community team while they were a player down, after their lead had fallen from +9 to +6. Toni Malla stopped the match when he saw a potential comeback developing, doing so with the score at 25-21 in the 51st minute. The timeout produced an immediate response thanks to a goal from Carlos Martín on the left wing and an attacking foul won by Nicolás Zungri. Two counter-attacks from Antonio Capitán finally settled the contest, which ended 31-25.
With this victory, Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto are temporarily top of the competition with seventeen points and a game in hand against Trops Málaga, pending the outcome of the rest of the round. Next Saturday they will travel to Santander to visit Blendio Sinfín at the La Albericia Outdoor Sports Pavilion, from 18:00.
MATCH DETAILS:
Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto (31): Juani Villarreal (-), Olivares (-), Paco Ruiz (-), Jakob Pelko (-), Dani Martínez (-), Pozzer (8), Joaquín Barceló (-), Arnau Fernández (2), Gonzalo (1), David García (-), Matheus de Novais (5), Serradilla (5), Capitán (3), Zungri (3), Carlos Martín (3), Teixidor (1).
Barça Atlètic (25): Pau Hernández (-), Guido Bayo (1), Ian Viladiu (1), Oriol San Felipe (-), Guillem Pino (-), Mikael Lopes (6), Anselmo Collado (2), Filip Saric (-), Jan Blas (2), Carlos Martín (-), Hannes Nilsson (1), Manuel Ortega (-), Miguel Ángel Martín Duque (5), Álex Ugalde (2), Quim Rocas (5), Pep Arnau (-).
Referees: David Montes González and Armando Abel Pérez Pomares.
Suspensions: Alex Pozzer twice; Jan Blas and Hannes Nilsson for two minutes, and Toni Malla and Daniel Ariño with yellow cards.
Score progression: 2-2, 5-5, 8-5, 10-8, 14-9, 16-10 (half-time); 17-12, 19-14, 23-15, 25-20, 26-22 and 31-25 (full-time).
Incident report: Match from the 12th round of the Men’s Silver Honour Division, played at the Port de Sagunt Pavilion in front of approximately 1,800 spectators.
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