after that resounding victory (34-22) last saturday, State derby against Elda Prestigioplacing him at the top of the rankings AtticGo Elche park this week Guerreras League-Iberdrola and puts himself in European mode Third round of the EHF European CupWho will he face? OFN Ionas of Greece.
Both clubs agreed to play the matches at the Esperanza Lag field.. First, this Wednesday (20:30) and the second tomorrow, Thursday, at the same timewith. Initially, the qualifying round was planned to be played at the weekend, but artistic gymnastics “Esperanza Monument Delay” celebrations are being held at the Elche sports ground.
HE Set by Joaquín Rocomara He was exempt in the first round and clearly passed the race in the second. HC Byala from BulgariaIn total 97-30 (54-13 and 17-43). In this case, their opponents are more complex and have won in their previous draws. Arts, again from Greece.
Franjiverdes fighters have a lot of hopes in this European competition. They were already semi-finalists last season and Atlético Guardés deprived them of reaching the final.. They want to improve themselves this year and dream of lifting the championship and writing another page in the handball history of Elche and the province.
AtticGo Elche is running a great campaign. In the Guerreras-Iberdrola League, they won eight matches and suffered only one defeat. and the Rocamora team aims for everything in this course.
For the double conflict against the Greeks, The Oriolano coach’s only doubt was youngster María Carrillo, who suffered a mild ankle sprain while playing for the reserve team last weekend.. The rest of the team is at your disposal and you can change players every two matches.
Rocamora reminded that they were “very excited” about the EHF European Cup yesterday. “We have been on the rise in recent years. Three seasons ago we were eliminated due to Covid, two years ago we fell to the quarter-finals, and last season we reached the semi-finals. We have never been eliminated by a non-Spanish team. It’s the competition that excites me the most.. “I also saw a full house in the Esperanza Esperanza Lag pavilion on the first day and there was a good atmosphere in last season’s semi-final against Atlético Guardés.”
The AtticGo Elche coach hopes that the fans will react again and warns that it will not be as easy a draw as the previous game against the Bulgarians from Byala. “He has a good team. It has top players. Some, like Tatiana, even ranked second in the world along with Russia. It has nothing to do with Byala. “We hope to see a better showing in this sense and hope that AtticGo Elche can advance to the next round,” he said.