The eighth day of the championship comes with EÓN Horneo Alicante’s high-profile match against BM Guadalajara and a clear goal: to stay in the play-off positions. To achieve this, they will need to beat one of the strongest teams in the league, which has collected all possible points.

The Guadalajara team is in second place with the same points as 14-year-old ID Energy Caserío de Ciudad Real. However, the goal difference puts the runners-up in the lead. BM Guadalajara has just been relegated from the ASOBAL League where he was directly promoted two years ago. The season in which EÓN Horneo Alicante competed in the promotion play-offs. Juan Carlos Requena’s men just narrowly defeated Handbol Mallorca (30-31). In their last home match, Trasmapi UD Ibiza got two points (29-23) against HC Eivissa.

Latorre’s team won against Dólmenes Antequera in Felicisimo Ruiz (31-25). In their last meeting, about a month ago, on October 14, EÓN Horneo Alicante beat Handbol Mallorca (34-39).

Background

Both teams last met in the promotion group at Felicísimo Ruiz last March 2022. EÓN Horneo Alicante won this match with a resounding 37 to 27 victory. However, in the first match, in the locals Santamaría, they won by only one point (28-27).

Beyond the rivalry between both teams, Marco Krimer It will be a special match. The Argentinian EON goalkeeper has retained his shield in the last two seasons. “It was a very good stage for me because I got promoted to ASOBAL with them and was able to play in the highest handball category in Spain,” admits Krimer.

““We are assertive”

“It will be a complex match because they are in a winning dynamic,” says the EON goalkeeper. “They are a team that runs hard and fights hard. “There are experienced people in the squad,” he continues. Fernando Latorre defines them in the same way and goes further: “They are a very experienced, very well-working team and it will be difficult for us. But we are assertive. And we are at a good time to sit at the table. We are going with great confidence.