The competition in the Women's Honor Gold Division was resumed, and CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife had to visit Balonmano Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The Canarian derby of the national category was dominated at all times by the women's team of San José Obrero, a team that was superior to its rival throughout the match and was opening the gap on the scoreboard to end up winning by a clear 21 to 33.
The first minutes of the match were marked by inaccuracies, ball losses and poorly elaborated attacks. Hanna Yashchuck was in charge of opening the scoring for the locals, but CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife soon responded with goals from Petra Jersek, Miriam Páez, from 7 meters, and Mizuki Hosoe. The Lanzarote team took advantage of the exclusions of Ciris García and Rebeca López to make it 1 to 3.
As the minutes went by, CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife began to feel comfortable on the 40x20. The 6:0 defense of the Lanzarote team was quite secure, and the locals only scored with seven-meter shots. Leticia Cobo from the pivot raised the advantage to three goals (2-5) and Mizuki Hosoe from the right wing made it 5 to 9, having Octavio Pérez request the first timeout of the match.
Balonmano Santa Cruz Tenerife returned to the court with a mixed defense on Adina Ghidoarca, a strategy that did not give the expected results to the locals. At the edge of halftime, Esther de Miguel from the left wing raised the rent to five goals (8-13) and the first half ended with Ana Marín stopping a seven-meter shot from Rebeca López.
The game became a bit crazy in the first minutes of the second half. CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was not good in the defensive retreat, which allowed the locals to score several goals easily. As the minutes passed, the Lanzarote team adjusted their defensive system and took control of the match.
A goal from Nabila de Ganzo from the left wing, and two goals from Jazmin Mendoza, put the score at 13 to 21. The halfway point of the second half had not been reached and CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife already had a rent of around ten goals, after the goal scored by Mizuki Hosoe (13-22).
All the players of CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife scored in this match, so the victory of the Lanzarote team was quite choral and until the end of the match they were able to manage the difference they had acquired.
Victory by 21 to 33 of CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife on the court of Balonmano Santa Cruz de Tenerife, adding two points to reach Balonmano Morvedre in the second position of the Women's Honor Gold Division. The next rival of the Lanzarote team will be Handbol Sant Quirze, bottom of the category.
Technical Sheet
Balonmano Santa Cruz de Tenerife (21): Sol Ceballos, Rebeca López, Juceleyde Pereira (2), Alexia Picas (7), Nhetely Eminia, Hanna Yashchuk (2) and Melania Cabrera (1) -initial team- Myloslava Borodai (5), Laura Rodríguez, Paula Martín (2), Ciris García (1), Aina Fernández, Viktoria Mykhallenko and María Clara Martín. Coach: Octavio Pérez
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (33): Irene Sánchez, Petra Jersek (2), Leticia Cobo (2), Jazmín Mendoza (2), Mizuki Hosoe (4), Adina Ghidoarca (3) and Esther de Miguel (3) -initial team- Ana Marín, Aida Brull (4), Nabila de Ganzo (5), Ana Barquín (4), Miriam Páez (4). Coach: David Betancort
Partials every 5 minutes: 1-2, 2-4, 3-6, 5-7, 7-10, 8-13 (break) 11-16, 12-18, 13-21, 14-25, 17-28, 21-33 (final)
Referees: Alfredo Arcos Adeva and Oscar García Camino. They disqualified Aina Fernández in the 20th minute and Juceleyde Pereira in the 38th minute with a red card for Balonmano Santa Cruz de Tenerife. They excluded Ciris García (2), Rebeca López (1) and Myloslava Borodai (1) for the locals and Petra Jersek (1), Ana Barquin (1), Mizuki Hosoe (1) and Jazmin Mendoza (1) for CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife
