CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife conquered the victory in their visit to Caja Rural Cleba, in an even match that was dominated by the Lanzarote team from the beginning, although without completely taking off on the scoreboard. The León team did not give up, maintaining their options until the final minutes, with the Lanzarote team winning by 25 to 26. San José Obrero takes advantage of the stumbles of their direct rivals and is now one point away from the promotion zone of the Women's Gold Honor Division.
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife started the match in command from the beginning, putting the score at 0 to 2 with goals from Gema Trujillo and Celia López. Caja Rural Cleba took more than six minutes to penetrate the goal defended by Ana Marín, with the goalkeeper showing herself to be very secure throughout the first half, having a high percentage of saves.
After passing the halfway point of the first half, Gema Trujillo scored a seven-meter shot to increase the lead to three goals, and shortly after, Thais Fermo scored from the wing to increase the lead to four goals. The coach of Caja Rural Cleba had to request a time-out, retouching his team's defensive system.
The locals began to play with an almost individual defense, which forced CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife to be successful in the circulation of the ball. Mónica Gutiérrez scored for Caja Rural Cleba to put the score at 12 to 13, the result at the end of the first 30 minutes of the first half.
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife regained the three-goal lead in the first minutes of the second half, restarting the game with goals from Celia López and Melania Cabrera (12-15), and shortly after the maximum lead was re-established with a precise chip shot from Gema Trujillo from the wing (16-20). The Lanzarote team had several attacks to increase the difference, not being successful at the time of the shot.
Caja Rural Cleba gradually reduced the difference, thanks to the individual defense that put the visitors in trouble. With three minutes left, Cecilia Colmenero made it 24 to 25. Celia López brought calm to increase the difference to two goals, and in the following plays of Caja Rural Cleba, Irene Sánchez stopped one of the shots and the locals lost a ball.
With the tight result of 25 to 26, the match came to an end, with CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife returning to the path of victory and taking advantage of the stumbles on this day of Lobas Global Atac Oviedo and Vino Doña Berenguela Balonmano Bolaños. Despite occupying the sixth position, the women's team of San José Obrero is one point away from direct promotion.
Technical Sheet
Caja Rural Cleba (25): Goretti Cacho, Marta Fariza, Paula Alonso (2), Aintzane García (7), Itahisa Castillo (6), Mireia Diez (2), Cristina Viñuela (2) -starting team- Carmen Fernández (1), Valeria de las Moras, Cecilia Colmenero (4), Marta Velasco, Mónica Gutiérrez, María Posado. Coach: Leo Álvarez
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (26): Ana Marín, Beatriz Masseu (2), Leticia Cobo (1), Veronika Dvorakova (3), Gema Trujillo (8), Celia López (3), Thais Fermo (3) -starting team- Irene Sánchez, Lucía Chumillas, Esther de Miguel, Melania Cabrera (3), Lorena Montilla (1), Thalita Almeida and Marilia Correia (2). Coach: David Betancort
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 0-2, 2-3, 5-6, 7-10, 10-13, 12-13 (break) 14-17, 16-19, 19-22, 20-24, 22-25, 25-26 (final)
Referees: Beatriz del Valle Encuentra and Patricia del Valle Encuentra. They excluded Itahisa Castillo (1) for Caja Rural Cleba and Marilia Correia (2), Melania Cabrera (2), Thalyta Almeida (1) and Celia López (1).
Incidents: Municipal Sports Palace of León. Match corresponding to the 12th day of the Women's Gold Honor Division.
