An evening of farewells at the Pabellón Port de Sagunt

Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto host Trops Málaga this Saturday at the Pabellón Port de Sagunt from 19:00, at a different time than usual, as it is the penultimate matchday of the schedule (the 29th matchday of the competition), with all matches being played simultaneously.

The red-and-whites are coming off a hard-fought 29–30 victory away to Amenabar Zarautz last weekend, two points that mathematically secured the Portuense side’s qualification for the promotion phase to the Liga Plenitude Asobal.

It is still to be determined where Fertiberia Balonmano Puerto Sagunto will stand in the table when they reach the aforementioned promotion phase. They would currently do so in fifth place with 35 points, but there is still a chance of finishing fourth, a position currently occupied by Blendio Sinfín with 38 points.

“It is our final home match of the season and we will use it to prepare for the promotion phase. Both this week and next week, when there is a break, we will do a great deal of tactical and physical work so that we can compete in it as well as possible,” explains first-team coach Toni Malla regarding how they will approach May.

Opposing them will be Trops Málaga, a team that has spent the entire season just below the play-off positions. The Málaga side are not arriving in their best form, having managed just one victory in their last eight matches. In the first-round match at the Pabellón Colegio Los Olivos, the score was 23–24 in favour of the Valencian side.

It will also be an evening of farewells at the Pabellón Port de Sagunt, as the club’s social media announced this week that as many as eight players will not continue with the organisation in the 2025–2026 season: Álex Plaza, Sergio Torío, Dusan Trifkovic, Guilherme Leonel, Ximo Lora, Seke Gallart, Mario Rodríguez and Nico López Rey.

“We are very eager to say goodbye to our supporters. I hope it will be a very special day; we encourage everyone to come. The boys deserve recognition for the excellent campaign we have been having so far,” concludes the Tortosa manager, making one final appeal to the supporters this season.

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.