Patxi Martí, Sasa Dukic and Javier Tarrasó are Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto’s first renewals for 2014–2015

It has not taken Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto 2014–2015 long to begin taking shape. The red-and-white club has confirmed the continuation of its coach, Pachi Martí, and two first-choice players in his plans: Valencian Javier Tarrasó and Serbian Sasa Dukic.

Pachi Martí will be responsible for once again guiding Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto to safety in its fifth consecutive Liga ASOBAL season. The Valencian coach is a true lover of the sport and combines his professional life as a school headteacher with three roles in the world of handball: Technical Director of the Valencian Federation, National Promises Team coach and manager of the red-and-white ASOBAL team. Pachi Martí stated that “It is a pleasure for me to manage Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto again. I hope we can continue the project we began this past season and, of course, suffer less, although no one can overlook the fact that our objective will once again be to retain our place.”

For his part, Valencian Javier Tarrasó will occupy the left wing of the red-and-white side for another season. Javier Tarrasó joined the red-and-white club in the 2008–2009 season, making this his seventh consecutive season with the club. He is completely integrated into the club’s identity and is a player the coach has total confidence in; indeed, he was one of those responsible for securing his presence in the Liga ASOBAL with the now-defunct BM Valencia.

On the other side of the attack, Serbian Sasa Dukic, at 38, will once again control operations from the left back position. Sasa has completed a superb season, proving to be a key player in Pachi’s plans, both in attack and defence. In fact, his injury during the final part of the season was one of the main causes of the red-and-whites’ anxiety: they lost every match without the Serbian, and his return coincided with consecutive victories over Cuenca and Aranda that secured survival at the last moment.

The Valencian red-and-white club announces that negotiations to renew contracts with a large part of the current squad are under way and that, over the coming days, it may announce further renewals as it builds the team that will attempt to secure this historic club’s continued presence in ASOBAL once again.

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