The Titerroy Municipal Pavilion experienced a night of intense and exciting handball with the cup match between Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and UBU San Pablo Burgos, one of the candidates to achieve promotion this season to the ASOBAL League.
The peninsular team was quick to show its strategy, playing most of the match with seven players in attack, which made it difficult for the Lanzarote team to get out from the start. This approach allowed the visiting team to take the lead on the scoreboard quickly, forcing Samuel Trives' team to play catch-up.
Although the differences on the scoreboard were never more than two goals, which maintained the excitement of a close match until the end, everything changed in the last minutes of the first half. It was then that UBU San Pablo Burgos managed to tip the balance in their favor, going into the break with a 10-13 score.
In the second half, a reaction from the home team was expected. However, the visiting team demonstrated its superiority with a strong defense and a lethal attack that left the Lanzarote team with no options. The advantage on the scoreboard gradually increased, leaving Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife without the capacity to respond. With their minds already on the next match in the División de Honor Plata against Trops Málaga, the home team saw the dream of the Copa del Rey vanish.
The match concluded with a score of 18-29, reflecting the clear superiority of UBU San Pablo Burgos and marking the end of Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife's journey in this season's Copa del Rey. Despite the defeat, the local fans bid farewell to their players with warm applause.
Technical Sheet
BM Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (18): Javi de la Cruz, Rafa Robayna, Javi Aragón (3), Marvin Santiago (2), Ander Iriarte (3), Daniel Csanyi and Ángel Iglesias (2). Bench: Mauro Jaureguiberry (5), Joel Peraza, Joel Armas, Acoidán Martín, Abián Martín, Óscar Silva (3), Carlos González, Daniel Martín and Asier Morillas. Coach: Samuel Trives
UBU San Pablo Burgos (29): Jorge García, Alexandre Chan (6), Pablo Gómez (3), Tomás Moreira, Javier Rodríguez (3), Faust Talens (2) and Christian Maidana (1). Bench: Javier Espinosa, Elcio Carvalho, Javier Domingo, Ernesto López (3), Jaime González (4), Fabrizio Casanova (1), Pedro Rodrigues (2) and Jesús Lesmes (4). Coach: Roi Sánchez
Referees: Pablo San Emeterio de la Fuente and Fernanda Espino Guerra. They excluded the local Joel Peraza and the visitors Javier Espinosa and Jaime González
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 1-3 / 4-5 / 6-8 / 8-9 / 9-11 / 10-13 / halftime / 11-16 / 12-19 / 14-21 / 17-23 / 18-26 / 18-29 / final
Incidents: First round match of the Copa del Rey de Balonmano played in the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion in front of about 200 people.
