Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife could only add one point in their match against Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto, in a match that was marked by the disastrous performance of the refereeing couple and that harmed San José Obrero in the decisive moments. The two teams played a fairly even match, in which Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife had a two-goal advantage with five minutes remaining. In the last action of the match, a foul on Acoidán Martín was not punished as sabotage.
From the first moment it was a balanced match, with an exchange of goals and defenses prevailing over attacks. Neither of the two teams managed to pull away on the scoreboard, so the excitement was maintained on the 40x20 at all times. After passing the halfway point of the first half, a counterattack culminated by Manuel Barrios and a goal by Óscar Silva in numerical inferiority gave Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife a two-goal advantage (8-6).
Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto turned the score around, giving their rival a 0-4 run. Joaquín Barceló from the wing made the tie, David García put the Valencians ahead and Alejandro Plaza increased the advantage to two goals (8-10). Samuel Trives had to call a time-out to prevent the rival from leaving.
Mauro Jaureguiberry was in charge of breaking his team's scoring drought in this section of the match. At the end of the first 30 minutes, the score was 11-13 in favor of the visitors, leaving the duel open for the second half.
Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto had a three-goal lead in the first minutes of the second half, but Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife increased its defensive intensity and prevented the rival from being comfortable on the court. Joel Armas, culminating a nice play in attack, was in charge of putting the tie on the scoreboard, forcing Antonio Malla to call a time-out (18-18).
With five minutes remaining in the match, Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife took advantage of the fact that their rival emptied the goal to score two goals through Óscar Silva and goalkeeper Javi Santana, obtaining a two-goal advantage (21-19). The locals had several actions in attack to finish closing the match, allowing Puerto Sagunto to tie the match with one minute remaining (21-21).
In the last attacking action of the match, Acoidán Martín was grabbed by David García, with the rival player disregarding the play. An action that was incomprehensibly not punished as sabotage by the refereeing couple and that would have given San José Obrero a seven-meter throw with less than 10 seconds remaining.
With the controversy, the end of the match was reached, with the scoreboard reflecting a 21-goal tie, with Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife adding a point that is insufficient to get closer to the permanence zone.
Technical Sheet
Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife (21): Javi Santana (1), Mauro Jaureguiberry (3), Joel Armas (2), Javi Aragón (1), Daniel Csanyi (1), Óscar Silva (5) and Ángel Iglesias (4) -starting team- Javi de la Cruz, Manuel Barrios (1), Rafa Robayna (1), Joel Peraza, Acoidán Martín, Abián Martín (1), Carlos González, Tomás Bernachea (1), Aleksandar Vujnic. Coach: Samuel Trives
Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto (21): Daniel Martínez, Diego Olba (2), Joaquín Barcelo (1), Arnau Fernández (4), Dusan Trifkovic, Matheus Almeida (3) and Antonio Capitán -starting team- Ghuilerme Costa (1), Álvaro del Valle, Nico López, Alejandro Plaza (3), Gonzalo Pérez, David García (3), Mario Rodríguez, Seka Gallart (1) and Sergio Torio (3). Coach: Antonio Malla
Partial scores every 5 minutes: 3-2, 5-5, 7-6, 8-7, 8-9, 11-13 (break) 13-16, 16-18, 17-18, 18-19, 21-19, 21-21 (final)
Referees: Beatriz del Valle Encuentra and Patricia del Valle Encuentra. They excluded Mauro Jaureguiberry (2), Rafa Robayna (1), Joel Armas (1), Ángel Iglesias (1) and Tomás Bernachea (1) for Balonmano Lanzarote Ciudad de Arrecife and Alejandro Plaza (1), David García (1) and Antonio Capitán (1) for Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto.
Incidents: Titerroy Municipal Pavilion, about 200 spectators. Match corresponding to matchday 21 of the Men's Silver Honor Division.
