CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife debuted as a home team in the current season and did so this Sunday afternoon, hosting Schar Colores Zaragoza, a team that did not make things easy throughout the sixty minutes of play. Despite a good start to the match, the Lanzarote team got bogged down and went into halftime behind on the scoreboard. The reaction came in the second half, to end up winning by 20 to 15.
The match began with Schar Colores Zaragoza leading on the scoreboard, with Romayssa Latrache and Nora Hernández making it 0-2. CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife hit the crossbar twice in their first attacks, and little by little they got into the game. Valentina Learreta put the home team ahead with a goal from the wing, and in the previous play Audilia Carlos saved a seven-meter shot from Cristina Lanzarote (4-3).
The match entered a phase of imprecision, errors, and null effectiveness in attack. Mornesa Tenda increased the difference to three goals, penetrating to establish the 6-3. The coach of Schar Colores Zaragoza had to call a timeout, seeing how his team had gone nearly ten minutes without being able to breach the opposing goal.
Schar Colores Zaragoza returned to the court achieving a partial of 0-2, with Carlos Britos now calling the timeout. After instructions from the bench, Nora Hernández equalized for the visitors. CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife was not comfortable in the final stretch of the first half and went into halftime losing by one goal (8-9).
CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife increased its defensive intensity in the second half, which allowed them to steal a ball for Agustina López to finish a counter-attack to equalize (11-11). And in attack, the home team had better circulation and more continuity in their actions, with Melania Cabrera scoring from the wing to put San José Obrero ahead (12-11).
The match began to tip in favor of CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife after the halfway point of the second half. Agustina López increased the difference to three goals, Uxia Fernández finished a counter-attack, and Silvia Gil showed grit to overcome the defense, actions that left the score at a favorable 19-14 for the home team.
With the result of 20 to 15, the match came to an end, with CICAR Lanzarote Ciudad de Lanzarote adding its first two points of the season, and it does so in a not too flashy encounter for the fans. On the third matchday, the Lanzarote team visits Zuazo Balonmano Femenino, a team that drew on the second matchday on the court of Caja Rural Cleba (23-23).
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