Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife suffered a heavy defeat against Barça Atlétic, in a match in which the FC Barcelona's reserve team played at ease on the court of the Ciudad Deportiva Lanzarote. The players of San José Obrero were only able to withstand the strong pace of the opponent in the first minutes, in which they were ahead on the scoreboard, but little by little they were surpassed by a rival that won by 19 goals difference (24-43).
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was infected by the pace that Barça Atlétic tried to impose from the beginning of the match. A phase of the match in which the team from Lanzarote had a two-goal advantage, after the goals scored by Abián Martín and Mauro Jaureguiberry (5-3).
Barça Atlétic responded quickly and soon took the initiative in the game. Based on recoveries in defense and fast counterattacks, they gradually opened the gap on the scoreboard. In the middle of the first half, a goal by Carlos Pueyo increased the difference to five goals, forcing Samuel Trives to request a timeout (11-16).
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife did not improve defensively in the minutes remaining until the end of the first half, giving many facilities to the opponent's attacks. With the result of 14 to 24, the first half came to an end, a number of goals that clearly reflects the problems in defense that San José Obrero had.
The match practically had no history in the second half, the team not having enough attitude to at least not suffer such a heavy defeat. Barça Atlétic had a lead of more than 20 goals in several phases of this second half, sealing the match quickly the Catalan reserve team.
With the result of 24 to 43, the match came to an end, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife suffering a new defeat in the División de Honor Plata Masculina. The competition resumes after Easter, with San José Obrero visiting Agustinos Alicante in the penultimate away game of the season.
Match Details
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (24): Javi de la Cruz, Mauro Jaureguiberry (2), Joel Armas (2), Acoidán Martín (2), Abián Martín (7), Óscar Silva (4), Ángel Iglesias (1) -starting team- Javi Santana, Manuel Barrios (1), Rafa Robayna (2), Javi Aragón (2), Daniel Csanyi, Tomás Bernachea, Carlos González (1) and Aleksander Vujnic. Coach: Samuel Trives
Barça Atlétic (43): Pau Hernández, Óscar Grau (7), Roger Giner (2), Joan Blanco (6), Mikael Lopes (5), Manuel Ortega (4) and Guido Bayo -starting team- Pol Quiroga (1), Jaume Pujol (3), Carlos Pueyo (2), Jan Blas (2), Josep Ernest Armengol, Yanis Dury (1), Alex Ugalde (4), Quim Rocas (3) and Ezequiel Conde (3). Coach: Ferrán Porres
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 5-3, 7-8, 10-11, 11-16, 12-20, 14-24 (halftime) 15-27, 17-33, 19-37, 19-39, 21-40, 24-43 (final)
Referees: Ángel Mateos Alonso and Abel Juncal López. They excluded Acoidán Martín (2), Manuel Barrios (1), Javi Aragón (1) and Daniel Csanyi (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and Mikael Lopes (1), Yanis Dury (1) and Ezequiel Conde (1) for Barça Atlétic.
Incidents: Ciudad Deportiva Lanzarote, about 250 spectators. Match corresponding to the 27th round of the División de Honor Plata Masculina. The match started half an hour late as it could not be played in the Pabellón Municipal de Titerroy due to the Emergency Decree of the Government of the Canary Islands.
