Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife suffered a heavy defeat against a direct rival, complicating their stay in the Men's Silver Honor Division a bit more. San José Obrero was largely surpassed in the second half, with Valinox Novas playing a very effective game that allowed them to win by 19 to 29, with the Galicians adding two golden points in their visit to the island of Lanzarote.
The match started with many inaccuracies on both sides, nervous about what was at stake in this match, a direct duel in the fight for permanence. Pedro Telles and Ahmed Mohamed put the 0 to 2 on the scoreboard, with the Cuban Manuel Barrios tying the match with two goals.
A first half in which the outstanding performance of Javi de la Cruz stood out, making saves of great merit to keep his team in the game. Abián Martín, from the six-meter line, put Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife ahead on the scoreboard, and in the next play the youth player increased the advantage to two goals (4-2).
Valinox Novas soon reacted, achieving a 0-4 partial to turn the result around, forcing Samuel Trives to request a time-out. After the instructions from the bench, Manuel Barrios and Aleksandar Vujnic returned to level the score (6-6). With the score of 6 to 8, the first half came to an end.
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was largely surpassed by Valinox Novas in the second half, a period that began with a 1-4 partial for the Galicians, with Diego Pérez scoring a seven-meter shot to extend the advantage to five goals (7-12). Only five minutes had passed and Samuel Trives had to request the second time-out of the match.
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife could not reverse the situation, seeing how Valinox Novas increased the lead as the minutes passed. The loss of balls, the defensive fragility and the lack of intensity was severely punished by the Galician team, who had a ten-goal advantage (15-25), and that allowed them to live a fairly comfortable end of the match.
With the result of 19 to 29, the match came to an end, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife suffering a painful defeat against Valinox Novas, which leaves them with almost no options to fight for permanence in the Men's Silver Honor Division. The next match of San José Obrero will be on April 12 with the duel against Barça “B” in the Municipal Pavilion of Titerroy.