He has a two-year contract ahead of him. He came to Elche Handball Club eight seasons ago, so if everything goes as it has been so far, Joaquín Rocamora will celebrate ten years of winning victories in the city’s premier women’s team. When it was renewed last December, he reassured “I feel at home, I’m happy to be able to continue here and under the illusion that it’s probably the best time in our club’s history”. And it lasts…
European semi-finals
To begin with, this campaign ” quite high». Summarizing the achievements already achieved this Saturday in the absence of the last regular league game, the coach scores the score as follows: «We left behind the historic milestone of the quarter-finals in European competitionadvanced to the semi-finals. Despite having the most complicated pass, we qualified for the final stage of the King’s Cup. And we’re going to be in fourth or fifth place in the regular season, which was our roster potential as they used to say. Therefore, although we played so many matches in all tournaments, it did not prevent the results we should have in the league, so I think we achieved our goals in all competitions.”
As such, Rocamora is already “putting an extraordinary end to the season. waiting for us to do something important, which is what we want in the remaining two competitions: the Queen’s Cup and the League play-off.».
plus note
That’s why Atticgo Elche gets a very good grade, but it could still be better. “Absolutely. If we managed to reach the final of the Copa de la Reina or the semifinals of the League and push for a third game, the season would be phenomenal anyway. Let’s go for him,” states the coach.
If the team from Elche had won this Saturday at Gurpea Beti-Onak Azparren’s home – all games at seven pm – and had done the same against RoCasa Gran Canaria da Porriño, Atticgo would have been fourth in the league and “we are Porriño who is very important to us”. The home factor in the playoff quarterfinals against either.”
playoff opponent
The opponent is a tough nut to crack this campaign. «We played three very balanced matches. They won us both in the League, and perhaps most importantly, we won the Cup because it was the previous round of the final stage,” explains the Oriolan coach.
Atticgo and Porriño «we know each other very well. His coach is my assistant on the Spanish team, so it’s not a secret between us, but justice will likely be served in these quarterfinals. The “big three”, consisting of Malaga, Rocasa and Vera Vera, are above the rest, as we all expected. And then Porriño and Elche became the best teams in terms of what was seen on the track ».
balance of the season
“We started with a questionable month for the general public, but with 5 losses due to injury and up to nine new players, I’ve already said that this is normal. The team had a very good structure so we started a year where we won 11 games in a row. It is true that we had trouble playing 7 games in 21 days in March. Danila’s injury took away our offensive power. and although the team was very solid as they lost many games by conceding a maximum of 22 goals, we did not have the capacity or the accuracy in front of the goal. Now, after this 5-day break, I hope people come back a little more rested and try to have a really good end of the season, and I’m sure we can compete with everybody.” who has two great players in nursing: «Danila and Yvette don’t know they’ll be able to play minutes before the season ends.».
“Thanks fans!”
Rocamora concludes with a message to the fans: “Come to the quarter-finals playoff game and hopefully the semi-finals. Thank you for supporting us all year long and especially in the European competitive matches. This year Elche Handball Club has taken another step with the sponsorship of Atticgo and the increasing fan base we see in the matches. I hope they can enjoy a few great games for the rest of this season.”