Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife missed the opportunity to add their fourth victory of the season, achieving a draw against Fundación Agustinos Alicante, in a match in which the Lanzarote team was able to come back in the second half from a four-goal deficit. The game of San José Obrero grew as the minutes passed, with the best minutes being played in the second half. A shot by Ander Iriarte from his own court into an empty net did not find the three posts, extinguishing the possibility of winning.
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was not entirely good in the first half, having turnovers and missing clear shots, which allowed Fundación Agustinos Alicante to gradually increase their lead on the scoreboard. Before the halfway point of the first period, goals from Javier Carrión and Aarón González increased the lead in favor of the visitors to four goals (5-9).
Agustinos Alicante managed to have a five-goal lead in this first half, with Dario Suárez scoring from the pivot to make it 6-11. A final stretch of the first half in which Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife began to play with a seven-man attack, emptying their goal. Slightly, the locals reduced the differences and with the score of 13 to 17, the first half came to an end.
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife neutralized the disadvantage with which they went to the break in the first minutes of the second half. Goals from Daniel Csanyi (2), Ander Iriarte, Ángel Iglesias and Rafa Robayna, served to achieve a 5-0 run and turn the result around (18-17). Fundación Agustinos Alicante took more than seven minutes to overcome the 5:1 defense set up by the locals.
From that moment on, the match would be marked by the exchange of goals and with two teams that strived in defensive tasks to avoid the attacks of the rival. Rubén Sánchez transformed two seven-meter shots to give Fundación Agustinos Alicante a two-goal advantage (21-23). Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife did not take long to neutralize the rival's lead, even taking the lead on the scoreboard with a goal from Javi Aragón (25-24).
Rubén Sánchez took responsibility in the attack of Agustinos Alicante, and two goals from the right wing put the Alicante team ahead again. The final minutes of the match were going to be heart-stopping, and the game could have gone either way. With less than thirty seconds to go, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife recovered the ball in defense, Ander Iriarte tried a shot from his own court, as the Agustinos' goal was empty, but the shot went wide.
With the score of 27 to 27, the match came to an end, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife adding a draw that feels like little due to the way the match unfolded. The equality remains maximum in the División de Honor Plata Masculina, in a day in which up to six matches ended with a draw on the scoreboard. San José Obrero will visit UBU San Pablo Burgos in the next match.
Technical Sheet
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (27): Javi Santana, Mauro Jaureguiberry, Rafa Robayna (2), Javi Aragón (5), Ander Iriarte (2), Daniel Csanyi (2) and Ángel Iglesias (5) -starting team- Javi de la Cruz, Asier Morillas, Joel Peraza, Joel Armas (1), Acoidán Martín (5), Abián Martín (2), Carlos González (3), Javier Frelijj and Daniel Martín. Coach: Samuel Trives
Fundación Agustinos Alicante (27): Pol Valera, Aarón González (5), David Quiles (3), Rubén Sánchez (10), Borja Maho, Javier Carrión (5) and Guillermo Suárez -starting team- Juan de Dios Linares, Juan Pedro Espinosa (1), Jorge Laredo (1), Hugo Ponce, Dario Suárez (2) and Daniel Corrales. Coach: Alejandro Carrillo
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 3-4, 4-6, 5-9, 6-10, 9-13, 13-17 (halftime) 16-17, 19-18, 20-21, 22-24, 25-25, 27-27 (final)
Referees: Enrique Pérez González and Luis Díaz-Flores Gómez-Calcerrada. Disqualified David Quiles with a red card in the 52nd minute for Fundación Agustinos Alicante. Excluded Mauro Jaureguiberry (2), Rafa Robayna (1) and Ander Iriarte (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and Javier Carrión (2), Juan de Dios Linares (1), Juan Pedro Espinosa (1), Jorge Laredo (1) and Borja Maho (1) for Fundación Agustinos Alicante.
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, about 200 spectators. Match corresponding to the thirteenth day of the División de Honor Plata Masculina.
