We keep adding points in Santander

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto earned a point (28-28) away at Blendio Sinfín in a match they had practically lost with five minutes remaining, corresponding to the thirteenth round of the División de Honor Plata Masculina.

The first two-minute suspension of the match arrived quickly, before the second minute had elapsed, and was given to Alex Pozzer. Despite this, the red-and-whites managed a favourable 0-1 spell while short-handed. By the eighth minute, only two goals had been scored (1-1), largely due to the goalkeepers’ saves at both ends. The first timeout of the match came in the ninth minute, requested by Herrero Lon with the score at 1-3. The first suspension for the home side, given to Javier Valverde in the tenth minute, produced the first significant lead for the visitors, with a +3 (2-5) in the twelfth minute. Dani Martínez had already saved two seven-metre penalties in just thirteen minutes. A further two-minute suspension, this time for Ángel Basualdo, extended the difference to +4 (3-7) in the fifteenth minute.

Marcos Aguilella’s goals brought the Santander side to within one (6-7) in the eighteenth minute. Beyond the draw secured, today’s best news was Javier Olivares’s return to the 40×20 court after two years away due to injury. Oriol Teixidor’s two-minute suspension brought the scores level again (8-8), and Toni Malla called his first timeout after the twentieth minute had passed. The Cantabrian side took the lead for the first time in the match in the twenty-third minute at 9-8, then extended it to 11-9. Things became even more difficult for the Valencian side when Carlos Martín was shown a straight red card. The scores were perfectly level at half-time: 13-13.

A slight 0-2 spell after the restart, with two goals from Nicolás Zungri, put the visitors back in front; but a double suspension in the same minute for the latter, together with Alex Pozzer’s second, restored parity at 15-15. Javier Valverde also received his second suspension. Left-back Matías Payá was beginning to find his rhythm and forced Toni Malla to stop the match in the forty-fourth minute with the score at 20-19. Pol Quiroga continued, as in the first half, to be highly effective in goal. Aarón Pardo received a double suspension before the halfway point of the second half.

From the forty-fifth to the sixtieth minute, the home side had several successive opportunities to establish a +2 lead, but squandered every one. The visitors remained stuck on twenty goals for several minutes, and two poor decisions in positional attack enabled the home side to reach +3 (23-20), prompting Toni Malla’s final timeout in the fifty-first minute. Although Blendio Sinfín built a maximum lead of four goals, the red-and-whites refused to give up and were awarded a seven-metre throw to move within one with three minutes remaining, but Arnau Fernández missed it. Herrero Lon called a timeout to ensure the two points stayed at home, but things did not go as planned. Macapá’s straight red card with the final minute approaching meant the home side finished the match short-handed. Antonio Capitán won possession and scored into an empty net to make the final score 28-28.

With this additional point, Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto have now earned points in seven consecutive rounds—five wins and two draws—and remain firmly in the battle for promotion to the Liga Nexus Energía ASOBAL, with eighteen points in the overall standings. Next Wednesday, the 10th, from 19:00, they will visit Trops Málaga at the Pabellón Municipal Diego Carrasco to play the postponed match from the ninth round of the competition.

MATCH DETAILS:

Blendio Sinfín (28): Víctor Doval (-), Gustavo Alonso (5), Javier Valverde (-), Marcos Domínguez (2), Aarón Pardo (1), Marcos Aguilella (5), Mikel Blanco (2), Luís Pla (-), Pol Quiroga (-), Ángel Basaldo (-), Pablo Manuel Traspuesto (-), Federico Saud Sulak (-), Macapá (3), Matías Payá (6), Pablo Rama (1), Jaime Arnau Rodríguez (3).

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto (28): Juani Villarreal (-), Olivares (-), Paco Ruiz (-), Jakob Pelko (3), Dani Martínez (-), Pozzer (3), Joaquín Barceló (-), Arnau Fernández (5), Gonzalo (1), David García (1), Matheus de Novais (2), Serradilla (2), Capitán (4), Zungri (5), Carlos Martín (2), Teixidor (-).

Officials: Mikel Gayoso Jiménez and Eder Gómez Eguiluz.

Suspensions and cards: Javier Valverde, Aarón Pardo and Alex Pozzer twice; Ángel Basualdo, Paco Ruiz, Anrau Fernández, Nicolás Zungri and Oriol Texidior received two-minute suspensions; Herrero Lon and Toni Malla were shown yellow cards, while Macapá and Carlos Martín received red cards.

Score progression: 1-1, 1-3, 3-7, 7-8, 11-10, 13-13 (half-time); 15-15, 18-18, 21-20, 21-20, 27-24 and 28-28 (final).

Match information: Match from the 13th round of the División de Honor Plata Masculina, played at the Pabellón Polideportivo Exterior de La Albericia.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.