Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife continues to cling to the category, fighting tooth and nail for the possibility of achieving permanence in the Men's Silver Honor Division. In a fairly even match against Club Cisne Colegio Los Sauces, the men's team from San José Obrero never gave up, to end up winning 30 to 29 against the Galicians.
The first minutes of the match were tentative on the playing court, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife having a two-goal lead after goals scored by Javi Aragón and Rafa Robayna. The bad news for the locals in this initial stretch of the match was the two exclusions suffered by Mauro Jaureguiberry.
In the middle of the first half, the locals recovered the two-goal lead, which forced the Cisne coach to call a timeout (8-6). After the instructions from the bench, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was not able to take advantage of the double exclusion suffered by Colegio Cisne, conceding two goals and allowing the Galician team to take the lead on the scoreboard (9-11).
The first half ended with maximum equality, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife leveling the score with goals from Aco and Abián. With the result of 14 to 14, the first 30 minutes of the match came to an end.
The second half started in the worst way for the interests of Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife. Club Cisne managed to have a three-goal advantage, having to stop the match Samuel Trives (15-18). The Lanzarote team was able to gradually balance the forces on the playing court.
With six minutes left until the end, Acoidán Martín tied the game and Mauro Jaureguiberry scored to put his team ahead (28-27). Final minutes in which the Gran Canaria goalkeeper Abián Rodríguez stopped a penalty from Ángel Iglesias and in which Acoidán Martín scored on the horn to give his team the victory.
With the result of 30 to 29, the match came to an end, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife adding the fourth victory of the season. The competition stops for three weeks, with San José Obrero starting the second round on the EON Alicante court.
