Zonzamas Plus Car Lanzarote suffered a tough defeat in the municipal pavilion of San Bartolomé, which had been a fortress for practically the entire season. Although the classification does not suffer major changes in the upper part, the victory of the Almassorinas revolutionizes the position of the bottom teams.
The entire first half was an exchange of goals that Zonzamas started, but the lack of precision in front of the goal that was going to characterize the locals' attack soon began to be seen with the first 7 meters that hit the crossbar just 4 minutes into the match. Despite the 3-goal advantage that Zonzamas reached in these early stages of the match, the sensations were not good.
Almassora knew how to see the defensive errors and began to run to reach the spaces and shorten the distance. This is how Raquel Romero and Helena Martín's goals arrived after the 16th minute, which put the visitors just one goal behind. The reaction of the batateras did not arrive, who had been without scoring for several minutes, and the Almassorinas tied. Coach Juan Rivera asked for time to refresh the attack, now led by Mary Sánchez.
After a nice pass from Sánchez to the pivot Jana Pinilla, the goal came that restored hope by the minimum to the Zonzamas Plus Car Lanzarote bench. That minimal advantage lasted until halftime, with the score at 14-13, after several minutes of equality and distribution of goals.
If during the first half the rival defense was being a headache for Zonzamas Plus Car Lanzarote, during the second the pressure was going to increase with the advance of lines seeking to nullify the laterals and prevent the arrival of balls to the ends.
With this panorama, Brenda Roger had to do the impossible to score goals, taking out an exterior whiplash that entered through the squad and lifted the stands, this time disguised for the occasion. But the visitors continued to be intractable on the counterattack and began to score goals to get ahead on the scoreboard.
A Marta Cuenca reinvented as a pivot revealed the problems that the team drags in this position and that weighed down many of the options in this match. The young woman fought and sought to use her size to open gaps in the defense but lacked the forcefulness that only experience gives in that position.
With all these problems came the second timeout of Zonzamas Plus Car Lanzarote in the middle of the second half, and with 3 goals below some visitors who did not seem to be weighed down by the accumulated time. Ana Martín replaced Menucci under the sticks, who was not having her best match, and Gabi Romero went on to lead the attack.
This is how a few minutes of certain recovery arrived in which there was even a dream of a comeback after another great outside shot from Brenda that shortened distances and put the 23 - 24 on the scoreboard with 9 minutes left on the final horn. But Almassora stepped on the accelerator and the comeback was a mirage that lasted barely three minutes.
The last 5 minutes of the match belonged to the visitors, who handcuffed those of San Bartolomé, leaving them without seeing the goal throughout the end of the match. The final 24 - 27 was a bitter defeat that, although it does not alter Zonzamas' plans, highlighted the problems that the team must continue to work on to meet its objective.
Technical sheet
Zonzamas Plus Car Lanzarote (24): Valentina Menucci , Marta Cuenca, Mary Sánchez (1) , Luana Schallmey (4), Breda Roger (9), Ingrid Roger (4), Martina Layus (1), Gleinys Reyes (3), Jana Pinilla (1), Lucia Chacon, Ainhoa Garcia, Ana Martin, Myloslava Borodai, Gabriela Romero (1).
Coach: Juan Rivera
Errece Almassora (27): Asmaa Belguenani, Adriana Pérez, Yasmina El Haddar Abdelah (1), Raquel Romero (4), Abril Navarro, Ariadna Molina (3), Luciana Codesal, Camila Bianco (6), Ana Brenes (1), Sofia Arroyo, Helena Martín (9), Felicidad Bermudo (3).
Referees: Jorge Muras and Tomás Fernández. They cautioned Jana Pinilla for Zonzamas and Camila Bianco for Errece Almassora. They excluded Brenda Roger, Ingrid Roger (2) and Gabriela Romero for Zonzamas and Yasmina El
Haddar (2), Abril Navarro and Felicidad Bermudo for Errece Almassora.
Match corresponding to the 14th day of the Women's Handball Gold Honor Division held in the Municipal Pavilion of San Bartolomé before approximately 200 spectators.