Photos: Sergio Betancort
Great start for Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen of the Women's Silver Honor Division, winning all three League matches it has played so far.
The last of them, on Saturday against Petronor Muskiz Eskubaloia, allowed the local coach to reserve Atteneri Morales, with physical overload, and Mary Sánchez to play her first minutes of the season.
From the beginning, Lanzarote Puerto del Carmen made it clear that they wanted to go the fast way. With a very well positioned defense and with fast counterattacks, the local team managed to get ahead on the scoreboard, although with a minimal advantage due to numerous balls that hit the wood of the goals in the first minutes of the match. Even so, it gave the sensation of being a favorable match for the third local victory, due to the game that was being displayed.
The visiting bench chose to call a time-out when they noticed the local superiority on the court, near the equator of the first half, but there was nothing they could do to make Puerto del Carmen double their rival on the scoreboard. As time went by, the Tiñosera players were feeling more and more comfortable on the court.
The solid defense was accompanied by some quality interventions in the goal, which increased the difference and reduced the possibilities of the Basque players, who were already losing by 16 to 8 at halftime.
In the second half, the local bench opted for significant changes. The most usual players gave way to the new generation of the club, those who are called to be the future but are also the present of the club, such as Ariadna Callero or Zaida Rodríguez, together with the already