Photos: Sergio Betancort
Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero achieved a resounding victory against Agrifluide BM La Salle, winning by ten goals difference against the Cordovan team. It was not an easy match for the Lanzarote team, being in the second half when the players of Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero began to mark the differences on the scoreboard. Nacho Vico, the team's new coach, makes his debut with a victory in his first match at the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion.
The first half of the match was marked by equality, with minimal differences on the scoreboard and Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero always making the differences of one or two goals. The locals played with an open 6:0 defense, trying to pressure the ball circulation of the BM La Salle players.
From the beginning of the match, Nacho Vico decided to make attack-defense rotations and with this he managed to dose the fatigue of his players on the playing field. Carmelo Álvarez acted for many minutes in defensive facets and Alexis Rodríguez did it in attack actions. Rubén Caraballo and Vicente Poveda were in charge of opening the BM La Salle defense.
With five minutes left for the break, Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero established the maximum difference of the first half. Luis Morín put the 13-10 on the scoreboard, a rent that BM La Salle reduced in the final minutes of the period. At halftime the score was 13 to 11 in favor of Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero.
Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero suffered in the beginning of the second half the exclusions of Carmelo Álvarez and Pedro Cabrera. Despite the double numerical inferiority on the playing field, BM La Salle was unable to penetrate the goal of Pablo Chantada. The Galician goalkeeper was very confident in these first minutes of the second half and stopped several shots from the visitors.
The locals were managing to have more dynamism in their attack actions, which allowed them to increase the differences on the scoreboard. Alexis Rodríguez with a seven-meter shot established the difference in five goals, and Rubén Caraballo raised the difference to seven goals (20-13) in the 12th minute of the second half. The coach of BM La Salle, Manuel Francisco Navarro, had to request a time-out to break the dynamics of Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero.
The BM La Salle players began to lose their nerves on the playing field and their protests were punished by the referees with exclusions. These numerical inferiorities were used by Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero to continue increasing the difference on the scoreboard. With seven minutes left for the end of the match, the visiting coach was excluded and Miguel Ángel López was disqualified with a blue card.
Ca´Mario Lanzarote controlled the game in the final minutes of the match, achieving a comfortable victory and returning the good sensations to the playing field of the Titerroy Municipal Pavilion. The players looked different, and the nerves of the first minutes gave way to a serious work both in defense and attack. With the result of 30 to 20 the match came to an end.
Comfortable victory of Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero against Agrifluide BM La Salle. Two points that allow the Lanzarote team to be placed in the fourth position of the standings and with one game less than the rest of the rivals. In the next round Ca´Mario Lanzarote travels to Extremadura to face BM Villafranca, a team that has only added two victories this season.
Technical Sheet
Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero (30): Pablo Chantada, Vicente Poveda (9), Alejandro Millán, Rubén Caraballo (6), Luis Morín (4), Carmelo Álvarez and Veljko Davidovic (4) -initial team- Gerardo Arrocha, David Betancort, Marco Oubiña, Alexis Rodríguez (4), Javier Betancort, Javier Tavío (1), Pedro Cabrera (1). Coach: Nacho Vico
Agrifluide BM La Salle (20): Víctor González, Gonzalo Landaburu, Carmelo Pino (3), José Javier Vilches (1), Francisco Javier García (2). Miguel Ángel López (5) and Oscar García (7) -initial team- Alejandro Becerra, Juan Antonio López (2), Victor González, Andrés Villegas, Antonio Franco and José Enrique Molinero. Coach: Manuel Francisco Navarro
Partials every 5 minutes: 3-2, 5-4, 7-6, 10-8, 12-10, 13-11 (break) 16-13, 19-13, 22-14, 23-17, 27-19, 30-20 (final)
Referees: Carlos Rodríguez Sánchez and Samuel Alonso Herrero, from the Madrid Committee. They disqualified Miguel Ángel López with a blue card in the 53rd minute for BM La Salle and disqualified Javier Tavío with a red card in the 57th minute for Ca´Mario San José Obrero. They excluded Carmelo Álvarez (2), Pedro Cabrera (2), Luis Morín (1), Rubén Caraballo (1) and Veljko Davidovic (1) for Ca´Mario Lanzarote San José Obrero and Juan Antonio López (2), José Javier Vilches (1), Víctor González (1), Oscar García (1), José Enrique Molinero (1) and coach Manuel Francisco Navarro for BM La Salle.
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, about 200 spectators. Match corresponding to the 9th round of the Men's First National Handball League.