Image Sergio Betancort
Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote received the visit of Conservas Huertas Cátedra 70 on Saturday afternoon, a team that occupied the second position in the standings and a direct rival with the Lanzarote team in the fight to occupy the promotion play-off places. The team led by Jesús Casanova played the best match of the season, both in attack, defense and goal, and ended up overwhelming a Cátedra 70 that was erased from the court. A victory that not only means two gold points, but is also achieved in a comfortable way, achieving a good cushion of goals in the face of possible ties at the end of the season.
The match began with two teams well positioned on the court and that maintained equality in the first stages of the match. An equality that was fleeting and that lasted as long as Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote took to break the match. It was Conservas Huertas Cátedra 70 who took the lead on the scoreboard, but from that moment a partial of 4 to 0 in favor of the Lanzarote team put them ahead on the scoreboard.
It took the coach of Conservas Huertas Cátedra 70 just ten minutes to ask for the first timeout of the match, when the scoreboard already reflected a clear 5 to 2 in favor of San José Obrero. The visiting defense could not stop the devastating attack of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote. The connection with Agustín Robert in the pivot worked perfectly, Nelson Espino's outside shots were unstoppable and from the wings the Cátedra 70 goal was pierced again and again.
The biggest lead of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote in the first half would come in the 17th minute, with the scoreboard reflecting a clear 9 to 3 in favor of the Lanzarote team. The 6:0 defense of San José Obrero was impenetrable, with Cátedra 70 scoring two of the three goals from the seven-meter line. A fact that reflects the difficulties that Conservas Huertas Cátedra 70 was having to penetrate the defense of the Lanzarote team. With the score of 18 to 13, the first half came to an end. A period in which there were phases in which the local team doubled the rival on the scoreboard.
There was no relaxation on the part of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote in the second half of the match, aware that the goal difference is also important against direct rivals in the fight for qualification for the promotion phase. A second half that began with a double exclusion suffered by San José Obrero, a circumstance that was not taken advantage of by Cátedra 70 and a phase in which Sergio Bonilla stopped a seven-meter shot.
In the 12th minute of the second half, Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote increased the difference to eight goals (26-18) and it already gave the feeling that the victory was not going to escape the team trained by Jesús Casanova. On the court, the best minutes of the season were experienced, with the public present in the Titerroy Pavilion enjoying the game displayed by the team. A real party in the last match of the year as local of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote.
Convincing victory by 37 to 25 of Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote against Conservas Huerta Cátedra 70, placing the Lanzarote team in the second place of the standings of the First National Men's Handball League. San José Obrero will close the year next Saturday visiting Gran Canaria Villa de Ingenio. A tough Canarian derby with which the first round of the competition closes.
Technical Sheet
Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote (37): Antonio Carreño, Luis Morín (3), Javier Ortigosa (3), Nelson Espino (10), Pedro Noda (5), Marko Dzokic (5), Agustín Robert (4) –starting team- Sergio Bonilla, Thomas Holm (4), Ruymán López, Ángel Bonilla, Cristian Luján (1), Joel Peraza (1), Alejandro Rodríguez and Javier Tavío
Conservas Huerta Cátedra 70 (25): Rodrigo Aceta, Omar Arema (1), Fernando Donado, Alberto Toboso (3), Álvaro Izquierdo (7), Oscar Pinilla (13), Daniel González –starting team- Mario Toribio, Rodrigo Ripoll, Javier Muñoz (1), Juan Ramón Tapiador, José David Cruz and Nicolás Herencia
Partials every 5 minutes: 1-1, 5-2, 8-3, 10-5, 14-9, 18-13 (break) 21-15, 24-18, 27-19, 30-20, 34-23, 37-25 (final)
Referees: Álvaro García Vico and Juan María Sanmarín Almazan, from the Andalucía Committee. They excluded Nelson Espino (1), Ruymán López (1), Marko Dzokic (1), Joel Peraza (1) and Alejandro Rodríguez (1) for Ciudad de Arrecife Chacón Lanzarote and Alberto Toboso (1) for Cátedra 70
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, about 300 spectators. Match corresponding to the 12th day of group F of the First National Men's Handball League.