The second round of the Men's First National Handball Championship began, and Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife had a tough time in the match played on Saturday afternoon against Calvo Xiria. The Galician team led the score for many phases of the game, managing to neutralize the advantage gained by San José Obrero at the start of the second half, but in the end, the victory went to the home team by 29 to 27.The match did not start well at all for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife, conceding a 0-4 run in the first few minutes and taking more than seven minutes to breach the goal defended by Dario Calviño. In these initial minutes, the home team was offering little resistance in defense, a situation that Calvo Xiria took perfect advantage of to score time and again against the goal defended by Saúl Rodríguez
Past the halfway point of the first half, a 4-0 run by the home team, with goals from Abián Martín, Rafa Robayna, Mauro Jaureguiberry, and Ángel Iglesias, tied the score, forcing the Calvo Xiria coach to call a timeout. Upon returning to the court, the visitors pulled ahead again, regaining a three-goal lead (11-14).
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife reacted in the final minutes of the first half, a period that concluded with a goal from Adrián Juárez on the buzzer to establish the tie. At the end of the first thirty minutes, the score was 16 to 16.
The best minutes for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife came in the early stages of the second half. The period began with a 3-0 run in favor of the home team, prompting Calvo Xiria to call a timeout, and after instructions from the bench, Rafa Robayna increased the lead to four goals (20-16)
The good feelings of San José Obrero gradually faded as the minutes passed, and Calvo Xiria got back into the game, reaching the final minutes with chances. With nine minutes left, David García scored to put the Galician team ahead on the scoreboard (21-22), and the home team went more than nine minutes without scoring.
The scoring drought was broken by Javi Aragón with a seven-meter throw. With less than a minute left, Santiago Cardone scored to put Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife ahead, and in the last attack by Calvo Xiria, David García smashed his powerful shot against the crossbar of the goal defended by Javi Santana, a goalkeeper who was very solid in the second half and kept his team in the game during their toughest moments. Javi Aragón sealed the score by finishing off a counter-attack.
With a score of 29 to 27, the match came to an end, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife securing victory in the first match of the second round, allowing them to increase their lead over the third-placed team in the league. Next matchday, San José Obrero will visit Lirón Teucro's court.
Technical Sheet
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (29): Saúl Rodríguez, Mauro Jaureguiberry (3), Rafa Robayna (3), Abián Martín (1), Javi Aragón (9), Óscar Silva (1) and Ángel Iglesias (1) -starting lineup- Javi Santana, Joel Armas (2), Acoidán Martín (3), Santiago Cardone (2), Aday González, Diego Ruiz, Adrián Juárez (4). Coach: Alfredo Rodríguez
Calvo Xiria (27): Dario Calviño, Julián García (4), Samuel Veiga (1), Daniel Periscal (1), Jorge Bouzas (2), David García (12) and Senen Garea (1) - starting lineup - Antonio Mato, Esteban Puñal, Gabriel Castiñeiras, Pablo Veiga, Hugo Rodríguez (5), Julián López, Jorge Bouzas (2), Marcos Suárez. Coach: Adrián Dubra
Quarters every 5 minutes: 0-3, 1-5, 4-8, 9-9, 11-14, 16-16 (halftime) 19-16, 21-18, 21-19, 22-22, 24-25, 29-27 (final)
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez Sánchez and Raúl Rodríguez Díaz. They disqualified Gabriel Castiñeiras with a red card in the 48th minute for Calvo Xiria. They excluded Abián Martín (1) and Santiago Cardone (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife, Gabriel Castiñeiras (2), Julián López (1), Daniel Periscal (1), and Jorge Bouzas (1) for Calvo Xiria.
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, approximately 200 spectators. Match corresponding to matchday 16 of the Men's First National Handball League. Before the start of the match, a tribute was paid to the male and female players from CB San José Obrero and CB Tahíche who participated in the CESA Handball Championship. A minute of silence was observed in memory of Enrique Martín Hormiga.
