Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife continues to resist victory in the second round of the Men's Silver Honor Division, missing opportunities to get closer to the category's permanence zone. In a match that was not the best for San José Obrero, playing in bursts and impulses, the Lanzarote team staged a great comeback, but once again let victory slip away in the final minutes against Blendio Sinfín Santander.
The match began with Javi de la Cruz locking down his goal, stopping two seven-meter shots from the opponent. A start that was a mirage, seeing how Blendio Sinfín Santander gradually pulled away, with goals from goalkeeper Oliveira from his goal, Gustavo Alonso and Luis Pla from the wing, putting the score at 1 to 6 in just six minutes.
After passing the halfway point of the first half, Blendio Sinfin Santander enjoyed its maximum lead, increasing the advantage to nine goals after a goal from veteran pivot José Manuel Herrero (4-13). Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife changed its defensive system, pressing the Cantabrian's ball circulation, leading to a timid reaction with goals from Mauro Jaureguiberry (2), Javi Aragón and Ángel Iglesias.
With the score at 11 to 18, the first half came to an end, a result that highlighted the shortcomings of Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife in their game in the first thirty minutes of the match. The start of the second half was the one dreamed of by Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife. In the first three minutes, goals from Javi Aragón (2), Daniel Csanyi (2), Aco Martín and Óscar Silva made it possible to achieve a 6-0 partial, and putting themselves only one goal down (17-18). When the Lanzarote team had achieved the most difficult thing, they allowed Blendio Sinfín Santander to react, returning the 0-6 partial conceded, having to request a time-out from Samuel Trives (17-24).
The match would become completely crazy again. Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife took advantage of a double exclusion of the opponent to establish a tie, with Óscar Silva scoring two goals from his court, with Blendio Sinfín Santander without a goalkeeper, and Ángel Iglesias tying (30-30). As in the beginning of the second half, San José Obrero, after achieving the most difficult thing, once again let the possibility of taking the two points slip away.
With the result of 31 to 34, the match came to an end, with Balonmano Lanzarote suffering another very painful defeat that leaves them closing the classification of the Men's Silver Honor Division of Handball with only 8 points. The next rival of the Lanzarote team will be Balonmano Alcobendas.
Technical Sheet
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (31): Javi de la Cruz, Mauro Jaureguiberry (2), Joel Armas, Javi Aragón (5), Daniel Csanyi (2), Carlos González and Ángel Iglesias (7) -initial team- Javi Santana, Rafa Robayna (2), Acoidán Martín (3), Abián Martín (4), Óscar Silva (5), Diego Ruiz, Manuel Barrios (1), Dani Martín and Asier Morillas. Coach: Samuel Trives.
Blendio Sinfín Santander (34): César Oliveira (2), Gustavo Alonso (2), Aarón Pardo (5), Luis Pla (6), José Manuel Herrero (2), Luis Gustavo Da Silva, Matías Salvador (2) -initial team- Víctor Doval, Javier Valverde, Marcos Domínguez (3), Marcos Aguilella, Stjepan Jozinovic (7), Mikel Blanco, Ángel Basualdo (1), Marc López (1) and Jaime Arnau (2). Coach: Rubén Garabaya
Partials every 5 minutes: 1-2, 1-6, 3-10, 4-13, 8-14, 11-18 (break) 17-19, 17-22, 20-25, 23-28, 28-30, 31-34 (final)
Referees: Óscar García Camino and Alfredo Arcos Adeva. They excluded Mauro Jaureguiberry (1), Rafa Robayna (1), Acoidán Martín (1), Óscar Silva (1), Carlos González (1) and Manuel Barrios (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and Javier Valverde (1), Matías Salvador (1), Marc López (1) and coach Rubén Garabaya (1) for Blendio Sinfín Santander.
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, about 200 spectators. Match corresponding to matchday 19 of the Men's Silver Honor Division.