TM Benidorm, two days before the end of the group stage, on the verge of extinction In the EHF Europa League, the Spanish team was defeated in the field of Valur this evening, in the match where the Spanish team could only go against the Icelandic in the first period. After an explosive start, TM Benidorm was less in defense and goal and on this occasion they didn’t know how to take advantage of a seven-on-six game on offense.
Losses, mistakes and precipitation allowed his opponent to gain confidence and scoring a few goals into an empty goal that blew the Benidorm team’s confidence.
it turned out great
Fernando Latorre’s cast had an excellent scene. Saves by Roberto Rodríguez and success in the launch of Argentine winger Ramiro Martínez gave TM Benidorm the first advantages on the scoreboard.
The Icelandic coach had to stop the game with a 3-7 timeout on the scoreboard, as Valur could not decipher the forward defense of the Benidorm team, which had surrounded their opponent.
TM absolutely surprised Valurbut when Latorre’s team cleared the goal, a few mistakes on offense allowed the Icelandic team to regain their confidence and set the score.
Time out
Latorre took a timeout to calm his team, but Despite TM Benidorm’s numerical superiority in every offense and the remarkable performance of goalkeeper Gustavsson, they were blocked by the Icelandic defense.
Always in reserve, El Valur finally took the lead in the last minutes of the first half.
The Scandinavian team, with Magnusson as the implementer, exploited the mistakes. Counterattack or scoring an empty goal as TM Benidorm wanted on shots and turnovers and reaching the time-out with two goals from loan (17-15).
TM Benidorm insisted on starting the second division in their dominance attack, but this only served to keep the distance on the scoreboard, because Iceland team was stubborn on offense.
Gradually, TM Benidorm was losing its precision and effectiveness against the tough local defense and Valur threatened to spoil the game (23-19), forcing Latorre to stop the game with a timeout at the 7th minute.
Benidormense team insisted on playing 7 vs 6 to close the gap.however, Valur left them no choice and took advantage of their opponents’ repeat rain to widen the lead (27-21) in the middle of the second act.
Serrano and Edu Calle improved TM Benidorm’s offensive stats in the final minutes, but that wasn’t enough to cast doubt on Valur, who had a much calmer-than-expected ending.
Data sheet:
35 – Value (17+18): Gustavson (2); Benedikt Oskarsson (7, 1p), Magnusson (9), Valencia, Arnor Oskarsson (1), Gislason (2) and Vignir Stefansson (5) – starting with seven – Juluisson, Finnur Stefansson (5), Palsson (1), Svolu Baldursson (2), Jonsson (1), Valdimarsson and Sakay (ps).
29 – TM Benidorm (15+14): Roberto Rodriguez; Sempere, Barceló (3), Iker Serrano (5), Ramiro Martínez (8), Lignieres (3) and Vujovic (2) – starting with seven – Vainstein, Soljic (1), Edu Calle (2), Nikcevic (1), Bernatonis, Rubén Santos (4), Adrián Sánchez and Samu Ibáñez (ps).
referees: Eskil Braseth and Leif Andre Sudet (Norway). Vujovic (2) and Barceló from TM Benidorm and Valencia, Arnor Oskarsson and Magnusson from Valur were sent off for two minutes. Juluisson was sent off with a direct red card at 20:41.
The leaderboard every five minutes: 1-3, 3-6, 4-8, 9-9, 12-12, 17-15 -rest- 21-19, 24-19, 27-21, 31-23, 35-25 and 35-29.
events: The eighth day match of the EHF Europa League group stage Origo Höllin was played in front of 1623 spectators at the Reykjavik Stadium.