CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife kicked off the new season achieving a comfortable victory in their visit to Soliss Balonmano Pozuelo de Calatrava, in a match that was decided in favor of the Lanzarote team thanks to a great second half.
In the first half, the Lanzarote team couldn't break away on the scoreboard, and it was in the second half that they increased their defensive intensity to leave the Ciudad Real team without ideas. Both teams were imprecise in the first minutes of the game, paying for the nerves of the league debut.
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife scored the first three goals from the seven-meter line, with Gema Trujillo (2) and Thalyta Almeida converting the shots. The local goalkeeper Paula Quiles began to do her thing, and Michaella Bocchieri culminated a quick counterattack to tie the score (6-6).
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife began to have problems in attack, a circumstance that Noelia Domínguez and María Laguna took advantage of to put Soliss Balonmano Pozuelo de Calatrava ahead on the scoreboard (8-7). Seeing the problems in his team's attack, David Betancort didn't hesitate to call a timeout to reorganize his players' ideas.
In the final minutes of the first half, Esther de Miguel tied the score by penetrating through the center of the defense, Leticia Cobo put her team ahead by scoring from the pivot, and Lorena Montilla closed the first half to increase the lead to two goals. The first 30 minutes of the game ended with a score of 12 to 14.
The second half began with another penetration by Esther de Miguel, scoring and forcing the exclusion of the local defender (12-15). The improvement in the defensive intensity of CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife in this second half was quite noticeable, and based on good defenses, they prevented the opponent's goals. In addition, Irene Sánchez was very secure under the posts, being a wall in this second half.
In the middle of the second half, Celia López scored despite her team being in double numerical inferiority, and the local coach had to call a timeout (15-19). On the return to the court, the goals of Veronika Dvorakova and the counterattacks culminated by Thais Ferno, increased the difference to seven goals (15-22). Eusebio Angulo requested the second timeout seeing how his team was more than ten minutes without being able to penetrate the goal defended by Irene Sánchez.
Until the end of the match, CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife continued to increase the difference and with the result of 18 to 29 the match came to an end. San José Obrero becomes the first leader of the Women's Honor Division Gold, and in the next round will receive the visit of Salma Adesal Córdoba, match scheduled for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion.
