Scoring seven goals away from home seemed like too much in any case. Despite this, EÓN Horneo Alicante let them dream in the last game of the season and got their chance to promote to ASOBAL. In the first third of the second half, the Alicante team looked at the scoreboard and saw a hopeful 15-21.
Heaven was just a step away. The last one is the hardest to give. Then the accumulated fatigue appeared after 40 minutes of honor and caste, enough not to win but to fall with their heads held high. The difference in the first leg was huge and Unicaja Banco Sinfín won the playoffs, so it will continue in the highest category of national handball.
The Alicante team was clear from the first second that they had to do everything they could to stay a draw. And he did it, despite taking first place in one act of Herrero. The Cantabrian goal was followed by three of Alberto González, Feuchtmann and David Jiménez, who gave command of the duel to EÓN.
Luis Parro’s men tried to open a loophole and show the nerves at La Albericia as soon as possible. And they paid the price for this rush in several actions themselves, with slips and errors in the passes that prevented the Alicante team from using the three advantages. It went from 5-8 to 11-12 due to the stability of Sinfín, who did not leave the game.
EON’s beautiful arreón came in the last minutes of the first act. If David Jiménez (5 goals up to that point, finished with 8) was key at the start, Miskevich’s saves and offensive teamwork gave the visitors a four-point lead (13-17, min. 28). meant a headache for the locals.
Cruz’s seven-metre field goal and the inability to pick up the final scrimmage dampened the advantage and dampened Alicante’s enthusiasm. physical endurance.
One goal away from the tie
As soon as he got back from the locker room, the whip in David Jiménez’s left foot continued to give EÓN momentum, and it was very close to equalizing the draw after a few tense moves by both teams. After another whiplash by Jiménez at 15-21, the saga was close.
However, Infinite did not give up. He quickly took seven meters to get Parro’s men out of the cloud and narrowed the lead to four after a controversial move in which they scored after the refusal and possible foul.
From attack to attack, from defense to defense, EON is out of power. The dependence on David Jiménez was overwhelming, and the locals took advantage of the Alicante offensive mess to get away from the cliff they saw so close. EON won the match (31-32) but it was not enough.