AtticGo CBM Elche paved the way for the EHF European Cup round of 16 qualifiers this Saturday by beating them by five goals (25-30). In the first leg of the round of 32, it’s against Icelandic Valur, an opponent where Joaquín Rocamora’s players are far superior except during the relaxation phase and will have to confirm the standings this Sunday (12:00, À Punt). This is the second leg of this express draw, with two matches to be played at the Esperanza Lag pavilion.

The women of Elche marked the differences from the beginning of the match. partial 0-3 thanks to pressure and defense and two more goals from María Flores and another goal from Clara Gascó in the opposing area.

The Icelanders managed to get this great start of the French-greens under control, but they opened the lead again (4-8, min.14), once again their good work in the back and the successful Pamela Rodriguez with sticks, anthem instead of Nicole Morales.

All Rocamora could find was the obvious contagious disease that his team suffered in the second half of the first episode, as losses in Iceland during a yawn were accompanied by Elche rains, which were not necessary as the advantage on the scoreboard was supposed to bring peace. mind for “warriors”. Another arreón, crowned with a whip by Paola Bernabé, meant that AtticGo Elche’s advantage was reduced to six goals at halftime, thus reflecting their clear dominance on the pitch.

With the change of goal (Morales entered even though the game was not over), Elche returned to the game with the intention of never leaving the Icelanders’ side with the options of a draw. The defensive aggression of the French-greens allowed them to continue to increase the distance on the scoreboard with the goal of not leaving tomorrow what can be done today (14-23, min.40)..

After enjoying a nine-goal max income, the Elche women fell into a few minutes of slack, which caused their coach to take a timeout after conceding a 3-0 streak, and then a five-way approach (22-27, min 51). , which caused Rocamora to pause the game again.

Frangiverde’s coach, “You gave ten minutes and a party was lost”, urged his players to finish the game with good feelings. Despite an action finished by pivot Zhukova and two attacks to close the game with a goal, they failed to fulfill the order, something the Icelanders did at the bell to put the final lead at five goals.

match paper

VALUR (10+15): Hauksdottir, Helgadottir, Hjaltadottir (2), Oskarsdottir, Bjornsdottir, Agustsdottir (2), Asgeirsdottir (5), Olafsdottir, Porleifsdottir, Einarsdottir (1), Gestsdottir (3), Eradzet (5) (3) and Magnusdottir (4).

ATTICGO CBM ELCHE (16+14): Rodrigues, Zhukova (2), Agulló, Van Zijl (4), Guilabert, Mendez, Andreu (2), SoDelgado (3), Morales, Gascó (3), Flores (3), Benítez (2), Carrillo (1), Wolves (2), Bernabé (6) and More (2).

REFEREES: Jaap Klompers and Koen Stobbe (Netherlands).

PAVILION: Esperanza Lag. The Icelandic team served as the local team.