A Fertiberia side stuck in attack falls to HC Eivissa

Fertiberia Handball were beaten 24-27 by HC Eivissa in a match in which they once again became stuck in attack. In the first half, the red-and-whites led on the scoreboard until just before half-time, when Ibiza went ahead and Toni Malla’s men were unable to turn the score around.

The match began with a red-and-white team struggling badly in attack. This was offset by some brilliant goalkeeping from Ignasi Admella, who stopped everything and kept the score at 1-1 during the opening minutes. Nolasco opened the scoring, and together with Alfonso, Ortega and Arnau, made the goals start to add up on the scoreboard. But the attacking blockage returned, and Ibiza, gradually making progress, turned the score around in the 25th minute of the first half. 

After the break, Fertiberia were unable to reduce the gap to Ibiza. The visitors went five goals ahead. The red-and-white coach stopped the match twice to organise his team, and in the final minutes, with individual marking on Ibiza’s centre-back, they managed to get within two goals of their opponents. It was not enough, and the match ended in a heavy defeat.

Fertibiera BM Puerto Sagunto coach commented after the match: ‘The feelings are bad. I have tried several things; rather than making defensive changes, I have put more people into the game. However much of a late surge we had, it was more down to the crowd than to us. We have to improve, we have to work, and a lack of attitude is simply unacceptable.’

‘We have to wake up, myself included, because we have to take a step forward. Perhaps we need to train with a little more intensity. I think we are training well, but something is missing. I think it is an issue of attitude and fear; I think we are afraid of getting it wrong. I don’t know, I don’t understand it. We have to keep working; there is no other option. This is a long season. We have lost two matches, but in the end the best team wins, not now.’ Malla concluded.

Match details

Fertiberia BM Puerto Sagunto: Ignasi Admella, Vives (2), Ortega (4), Del Valle, Aron Díaz Ledo, Cunha, Valter (3), Camacho (1), Del Rincón (1), Dani Martínez, Nolasco (5), Arnau (1), Manzano (3), Sedano, Poveda (4).

HC Eivissa Handbol Club: Juan Gamallo, Vicente Sancho, Samuel Pereiro (5), Javier Rodríguez (3), Abel Navarro (2), Jorge Rodriguez, Alberto Luis (2), Daniel Bernardez (8), Marc Torres (1), Diego Prada (1), Ander Iriarte (3), Bodí (2), Pablo Castro Chapela

Scores by period: 1-0, 2-1, 3-4, 5-5, 7-9, 8-11, 10-14, 12-15, 14-17, 17-21, 20-23, 24-27

Translation produced using artificial intelligence.