HE Atticgo CBM Elche In the first leg (23-24) of the EHF European Cup semi-finals, Mecalia lost her first match against Atlético Guardés in an extremely even match, in which the sustained exclusions suffered by the Elche team in the second half were particularly decisive in the final. The remainder of the match, led by Joaquín Rocamora, swept the players off center and allowed the Galicians to grab valuable loot for the second match.
Morales’ save and Flores’ passing goal in the first two acts of the match were faithful reflections of Elche’s offer, which relied on these two players to gain an advantage. The captain’s experience has multiplied in offense and defense to provide the groundwork for an all-European semi-final..
As a result of the defensive action of the local people, the Galicians took advantage of the numerical advantage and scored their first goal in six and a half minutes, and the first goal on the track in nine minutes. Then came the bump for Atticgo Elche, who went to the guest comeback led by Lima and extra-motivated Afrika Sempere (4-), from Guilabert’s possible 5-2 hand, who was frustrated by Miriam Sempere’s good interception. 5, min .13).
The halftime half changed the color of the fight from Elche green to guardés red.. Ana Teixeira’s students even threatened to widen the lead, the moment Rocamora chose to stop the game with a time-out (8-11, min.24).
The intensity of the defense had diminished, and the attack was still invisible, at least consistently. However, the “Franjiverdes warriors” survived those bad moments and, relying on the work behind them and some lightness in offense, went to the locker room with tables in electronics.
Three exclusions in six minutes
A tie held until the end of the match, neither team had more than a little advantage throughout the second half.. Both Rocamora and Teixeira chose to replace the goal after returning from the dressing room. Rodrigues countered with a few saves, but Sempere soon returned to defend the visitor’s goal after stopping two shots from 7 yards in almost succession against Elena Martínez.
Esperanza Lag tried to encourage their team to win the match during the hot moments, especially after a few positive moves by Flores, Méndez, Bernabé and Van Zijl that put Atticgo Elche ahead. Nevertheless, The result had a tone of disappointment due to the buildup of exclusions, some of which were pretty solid given the defensive offensiveness of both teams, including three from Elche in the last few minutes.. The Guardés took advantage of this to make the first battle of a competition to be decided next Saturday.
match paper
ATTICGO CBM ELCHE: Morales (s), Rodrigues (ps); Zhukova (1), Van Zijl (3), Oppedal, Guilabert (1), Méndez (3), Andreu, Gascó (2), Flores (3), Benítez (2), Martínez (2), Wolves (1), Bernabé (3), Do Nascimento (1) and More.
MECALIA ATLÉTICO GUARDÉS: M. Sempere (p), Carratu (ps); A. Sempere (2), Santiago (5), Menéndez (1), Silva, Fernández, Cifuentes (3), Lima (9), Descalzo, López, Amores (2), Gómez, Sancha, Nuez and Moreno (1) .
SCORE EVERY 5′: 2-0, 4-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9-11, 12-12 (rest); 13-13, 15-15, 16-16, 19-18, 20-20 and 22-23.
REFEREES: Barbora Bocakova and Lucia Janosikova.
PAVILION: Esperanza Lag.