Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife Adds Another Draw (26-26)

The Lanzarote team missed the chance to add a victory against Trops Málaga

March 10 2025 (10:19 WET)
San José Obrero - Trops Málaga
San José Obrero - Trops Málaga

The story of the last two matches played was repeated, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife very close to adding the victory in their match against Trops Málaga. The Lanzarote team once again staged a great comeback in the second half, took the lead with a few minutes left and ended up conceding a draw that
leaves the bottom of the standings unchanged.

Trops Málaga was quick to score the first goals through José Antonio Consuegra and Pablo Soler, taking a two-goal lead. The game of Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife grew as the minutes passed, leveling the match in the middle of the first half, after Abián Martín scored a goal from six meters (6-6).

After leveling the match, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife conceded a 0-4 run, forcing Samuel Trives to request the first timeout of the match. After the timeout, Joel Armas from the left wing ended his team's scoring drought, and the locals even went two goals down. At halftime, the score was 10-13.

Trops Málaga had its biggest lead in the first minutes of the second half, reaching a six-goal advantage. Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife changed its defensive system, pressing the ball circulation of the Málaga team and generating many doubts for the visiting players. After the midpoint of the period, two goals from Ángel Iglesias brought his team within three goals.

As has happened in recent matches, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife never lost the pulse of the game. The intense defense and the saves of Javi Santana between the posts, allowed them to go two goals down after the goal scored by Rafa Robayna and that forced Joaquín Soler to request a timeout (23-25).

After the instructions from the bench, Manuel Barrios scored to continue reducing the differences, Abián Martín tied the game and Óscar Silva scored to put Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife ahead for the first time on the scoreboard (26-25). The coach of Trops Málaga had to request another timeout.

Pablo Soler tied the game by scoring from the left wing, and Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife had the last attacking play to take the victory. The Lanzarote team could not overcome the defense of Trops Málaga, and Tomás Bernachea committed an offensive foul in the last attacking play.

With the score of 26 to 26 the match came to an end, adding Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife its third consecutive draw. Next week the Lanzarote team will advance its match of the 26th round, visiting IG Energy Caserío in Ciudad Real on Saturday afternoon.

 

Technical Sheet

Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (26): Javi de la Cruz, Joel Armas (3), Javi Aragón (3), Daniel Csanyi, Carlos González (1), Óscar Silva (5) and Ángel Iglesias (2) -starting team- Javi Santana, Manuel Barrios (3), Mauro Jaureguiberry, Rafa Robayna (2), Joel Peraza, Aco Martín (2), Abián Martín (3), Aleksandar Vujnic. Coach: Samuel Trives

Trops Málaga (26): Jorge Villamarín, Pablo Fernández (1), José Antonio Consuegra (5), Pablo Soler (3), Henrique José Petter (5), Francisco Javier García (2) and Manuel Díaz (3) -starting team- Jesús Arca (1), Eduardo Escobedo (1), Juani Villarreal, Adrián Portela, Víctor Barderas, Diego Pérez and Alberto Castro (4). Coach: Joaquín Soler

Partial scores every 5 minutes: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 6-10, 8-11, 10-13 (halftime) 11-16, 13-19, 16-21, 20-24, 24-25, 26-26 (final)

Referees: Manuel Mohedano Fernández and Vicente Pérez Ortiz. They excluded Joel Peraza (2) and Ángel Iglesias (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and José Antonio Consuegra (1) and Francisco Javier García (1) for Trops Málaga.

Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion. Match of the 23rd round of the Men's Silver Honor Division played behind closed doors.

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