Image: Sergio Betancort
The first Canarian derby of the season in the Men's First National Handball League was decided on the side of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote. San José Obrero won 20-18 against Luna Balonmano Tenerife, in a match in which they always took the initiative on the scoreboard and had Nelson Espino as the maximum exponent in the team's attack. Tenerife Balonmano concedes the first defeat of the season on the court of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote and the team from the Titerroy neighborhood is placed in the area that would give the right to play the promotion phase.
After a start to the season with doubts in the game, Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote has recovered seriousness in attack and defense. A circumstance that was evident in the match held on Saturday afternoon against Luna Balonmano Tenerife. From the first minute of the game, Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote took control of the game, thanks to an impenetrable 6:0 defense and an attack that matured each of the actions to look for the best alternative.
In the middle of the first half, the score reflected a clear 5 to 2 in favor of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote. The defense was used thoroughly to stop the raids of the Balonmano Tenerife attackers, with conejero Rubén Caraballo being one of the players to take into account in the Tenerife attack. The coach of Tenerife Balonmano asked for a time-out in the 21st minute, seeing how Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote continued to take the initiative in the game and his team was not able to overcome the rocky local defense.
The time-out served for Balonmano Tenerife to achieve a 0-2 partial, taking advantage of the exclusion of Pedro Noda and putting themselves just one goal behind with four minutes remaining for the conclusion of the first half (7-6). The first half concluded with a goal on the horn of San José Obrero, with the team's strategy working perfectly. With four seconds remaining, Jesús Casanova asked for a time-out to prepare the attack play. Sergio Bonilla took a long goal kick, Agustín Robert caught the ball and with a powerful shot surprised the goalkeeper of Luna Balonmano Tenerife. At halftime the score was 9 to 7 in favor of the locals.
In the first minutes of the second half, Balonmano Tenerife tried to play a faster game in attack, although soon Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote put on their work clothes again. A 3-2 partial in the first five minutes of the game forced Adrián González to ask for a time-out. The Tenerife players reacted after the instructions of their coach, achieving a 0-3 partial and Javier Negrín being in charge of putting the tie at 12 on the scoreboard.
Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote was not intimidated by the push of Luna Balonmano Tenerife, having patience to elaborate each of the attack plays and being guided by the recital given by Nelson Espino. The San José Obrero player was able to unlock the Balonmano Tenerife defense with an endless number of resources in the shot. Balonmano Tenerife could not count on Rubén Caraballo in the final stretch of the match, with the player from the island of Lanzarote leaving injured.
Luna Balonmano Tenerife put a 4:2 defense to try to desperately stop the penetrations of the attack players of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote. Goalkeeper Sergio Bonilla and the San José Obrero defense were very secure in the final minutes of the match, with Balonmano Tenerife having many problems to score. Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote finished the match and scored the victory by 20 to 18.
New triumph of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote in the Municipal Pavilion of Titerroy, enjoying the numerous public that gathered on Saturday afternoon a good handball match. The victory places Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote in the third position of the classification, tied on points with the second classified and only one point behind the leader of the group of the Men's First National Handball League.
Technical Sheet
Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote (20): Sergio Bonilla, Ángel Bonilla, Pedro Noda (4), Marko Dzojic (1), Nelson Espino (8), Javier Ortigosa (2) and Ruymán López –initial team- Antonio Carreño, Juan Jesús Romero, Luis Morín (1), Cristian Luján, Agustín Robert (3), Thomas Holm (1) and Carmona
Luna BM Tenerife (18): Blas Martín, Oscar Rivero, Álvaro Amezqueta (2), Efrén Gavalda, Javier Negrín (2), Moisés Pérez (1) and Adrián Samoila (4) –initial team- Ángel Rodríguez, Adrián Fernández, Tomás García, Víctor Oliva, Antonio Jiménez, Rubén Caraballo (4), Amit Nandwani (2) and Oscar Gallo (3)
Partials every 5 minutes: 2-1, 2-1, 4-2, 6-3, 7-5, 9-7 (break) 12-9, 14-13, 15-13, 17-15, 17-17 and 20-18 (final)
Referees: Adrián Cañellas Socias and José de Sola Soler, from the Balearic Committee. They excluded Pedro Noda (2) for Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote and Efrén Gavalda (2) and Oscar Rivero (1) for Luna Balonmano Tenerife
Incidents: Municipal Pavilion of Titerroy, about 400 spectators. Match corresponding to the 7th day of the Men's First National Handball League.
