The Carnival weekend in Tiñosa turned out perfectly for CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen. Unexpected draw of their top competitors and a victory of grit in the Tías Municipal Pavilion (24-22) in a match corresponding to the 23rd round of Group B of the Women's Silver Honor Division against Aiala Zarautz Z.K.E.
Complicated match played in Lanzarote, with different phases until reaching the last breath in which the conejeras achieved a two-goal lead after coming back in the second half. Considerable effort from both squads that left the Basque players without a prize despite having a certain advantage in the final stretch of the match.
CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen achieved victory coinciding with the draw of their two adversaries at the top of the table. Logroño Sporting La Rioja tied at 23 at home against Loizaga Construcciones Castro Urdiales while Atlántico Pereda achieved a Sunday draw at 29 at home against Lagunak. In the offensive work in the Tías Municipal, Mari Sánchez stood out with six goals and Rosa Álvarez with five goals scored for the local victory. Among the players of the Basque team, Andrea Zaldúa scored seven goals.
Twenty victories for the conejeras in twenty-three matches that returns them to the leadership of the standings as neither Atlántico Pereda nor Logroño Sporting La Rioja achieved victory in their matches this weekend, tying the three teams at 40 points, but with CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen again as leader thanks to the numbers harvested so far.
The Lanzarote team are fully involved in the fight for the playoff spots, depending solely on themselves and what they do in the three rounds remaining to be played in Group B of the Women's Silver Honor Division, highlighting the confrontation in the last round at home against Logroño Sporting La Rioja.
"We continue in the fight"
"That's enough suffering, everything is setbacks and these girls deserve the greatest, we have known how to suffer, we have had a very bad time against a team that is the least scored but even so, with all the shooting failures we had, we have taken caste and we have shown that we want to be in a promotion phase. Congratulate the girls for all the inconveniences we have had, Famara has been vomiting, Bea hurt her ankle yesterday, Mazaira's uncle died today, so we are touched, said excitedly the conejero coach, Miguel Ángel Lemes, at the end of the meeting.
"There are three games left, I have never distrusted them or lost confidence, we have passed our slump, today we have shown a lot of head and it will prepare us for the final sprint that is still very complicated but we are going to fight and I think that, even with the few people that were there we could get them into the game, the fans helped us a lot, it is a victory of caste of courage and to show that we want to. In terms of attitude, except for a couple of games, we have fought, we have had many setbacks, Atteneri's injury, many diseases, we have pulled forward, they have my confidence, they have earned it", he added.
For the coach of CB Puerto del Carmen, "the quality is more than demonstrated". "And with this attitude we continue in the fight, we continue in the fray, we have passed what I think is the most difficult obstacle of those that remained before reaching Sporting but now we will have to endorse it with San Adrián and with Castro Urdiales. Obviously, when things don't go well the girls lose a little confidence but the caste has not been lost, that's why I'm super proud and people who in the first part have done little as in the case of Mari, in the end she has taken the team on her shoulders and 'chapeau' for her because she is a player of great quality and it seems that she has to prove it every day, we are going to try to make her play, have fun, there are many good players in this squad who have to let go and enjoy handball", said Miguel Ángel Lemes
The next match, against CB San Adrián de Bilbao
"Now I'm talking about San Adrián, don't go any further because the other day we almost screwed up in Pamplona, we were only one goal up, the previous one also in Pamplona with a team that in principle was weak also one goal up, San Adrián is a team that is playing for relegation, they are going to go all out and if we are careless we will be left with honey on our lips. Now I don't care about Sporting, I don't care about Pereda, I'm going to enjoy this because it has been a game to enjoy and already think about San Adrián and what has to come will come", concluded the helmsman on the bench of CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen with respect to the next matches,.
Next Saturday, penultimate day of the league, at 16:30 hours, CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen will visit Club Balonmano San Adrián de Bilbao in the El Fango Sports Center, penultimate of Group B of the Women's Silver Honor Division with five victories in twenty-three days.
Technical sheet
CB Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen (24): Cristina Mazaira, Mari Sánchez (6), Suely Pinto (3), Eva Morales, Kenia Hernández (3), Beatriz Betancort (1), Luci Betancort (3), Andrea Danae Armas, Rosa Álvarez (5), Grethe Damora, Carmen Idania Lemes and Famara Fernández (3). Coach: Miguel Ángel Lemes.
Aiala Zarautz Z.K.E. (22): Izei Permach Agirre, Nora Kortaberria Bilbao (3), Ane Artola Arreitunandia, Lide Gonzalez-Chavarri (1), Andrea Zaldua Urresti (7), Bidane Salegui Lasa, Maialen Urresti Navarro, Nahia Arruti Makatzaga (2), Leire Barros Muñoz, Ane Del Hoyo González (2), Lur Errekondo Sola, June Agirrezabalaga Martija (1), Leire Furundarena Padrones (5), Haizea Goicoechea Briz, Nerea Arregui Aizpurúa and Jone Albisua Arregi. Coach: jon Begiristain.
Partials every five minutes: 1-2/4-4/9-5/10-7/13-9/14-13 (HALF TIME) 15-15/16-17/17-19/20-20/21-22/24-22 (FINAL).
The match was arbitrated by Jesús Ouro and Samer Hariri. Mari Sánchez, Eva Morales, Beatriz Betancort, Luci Betancort and Famara Fernández were excluded for two minutes among the locals. Among the Basques, Ane Artola Arreitunandia, Andrea Zaldua Urresti, Maialen Urresti Navarro, Ane Del Hoyo González and Lur Errekondo Sola were excluded. Tías Municipal Pavilion. Match corresponding to the twenty-third round of Group B of the Women's Silver Honor Division of Handball.
