The match between CB Puerto del Carmen and San Adrián, which ended with a new victory for the Lanzarote team, was not a pretty match from the beginning. The local players recovered Famara Fernández after some matches of absence due to injury but nevertheless had important absences that were remedied with the youth and determination that the yellow squad treasures. The visitors did not have their Chilean international Valeria Flores, who is playing in the South American Championship 2018 in Brazil.
San Adrián's uncomfortable defense, as well as misfortune in attacking plays, did not allow the locals to have a clear match, a match where they could rotate with relative tranquility. When it seemed that the Lanzarote team could open a gap on the scoreboard, everything was ruined with a rival action that once again turned on the light of maximum concentration.
This is how the minutes passed in the first half, where the coaches waited for the reactions of the opposing bench to take their own. A game of chess, on the rubber of the Tías Pavilion. It is the coach of San Adrián when she asks for a time-out with the score of 12 to 11, with 5 minutes remaining, Miguel Ángel Lemes responding with another time-out with 12 seconds left to finish the first half and the score unmovable. Only a stroke of genius from Lucía Betancort, with time running out in the launch of a foul, gave some more tranquility, putting the score at 13 to 11 before the players went to the locker room.
In the second half, Puerto del Carmen intensified the rhythm, which came out of the lethargy of slow and paused play and put in another gear, forcing its rival to commit more errors. It was a more incisive Puerto del Carmen than in the first half and that was being noticed on the scoreboard where the differences were widening, the fouls were happening and the exclusions were appearing, the first being for the Tiñosero team.
Despite a slight threat to endanger the score, which was well resolved by Miguel Ángel Lemes with a time-out and after the exclusion of Eva Morales, a rocky, electric and difficult to beat team was once again seen on the court, winning by 29 to 21 and adding the eleventh victory of the season. Next week, they visit the difficult court of Castro Urdiales, the last outing of the first round.
Technical Sheet
Handball Puerto del Carmen (29): Cristina Mazaira, Mari Sánchez (2), Suely Pinto (1), Eva Morales, Kenia Hernández (2), Beatriz Betancor (1), Ariadna Callero, Lucía Betancort (7), Andrea Armas, Rosa Álvarez (7), Atteneri Morales (3), Isora Cruz (1), Grethe Damora (2), Idania Lemes (2), Zaida Rodríguez and Famara Fernández (1).
CB San Adrián (21): Ainhoa Martín (1), Aitziber Castro (1), Sara Aparicio (2), Maider Lekerika, Maider Fernández, Iraide del Campo (1), Ane Ariztimuño, Ainhoa Etxeberría (9), Mercedes Fernández, Nerea Llata (3), Izaskun Turrión (4) and Patricia Mera.
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 2-2 / 5-3 / 8-7 / 10-9 / 12-11 / 13-11 (break) 15-12 / 17-13 / 18-16 / 22-17 / 26-20 / 29-20 (final)
Referees: Luis Díaz-Flores Gómez-Calcerrada and Enrique Pérez González. Excluded Eva Morales (1) and Grethe Damora (1) for CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen and Ainhoa Etxeberría (1) for CB San Adrián
Incidents: Match corresponding to the eleventh day of the Women's Handball Silver Division of Honor, Group B, played in the Municipal Pavilion of Tías before a hundred fans
