Atticgo Elche missed the chance to finish as sole leaders in the first round of the Ibedrola Guerreras League, losing by a goal difference of 26-25 in a tight finish against Atlético Guardés.
the people of Elche, Led by Van Zijl and So DelgadoEven though they were ahead by 3 goals in the first half, the Galicians did not give up with the encouragement of their fans.
Galicians started the second act with few goals and started to control the score by taking the lead 18-17 at the 41st minute. The Franjiverdes did not kneel either and thus the fate of the game was decided in the last minutes.
There, the visitors suffered due to the exclusion of Gascó and two wonderful saves by Carrera on Oppedal and Rosa, as well as a magnificent attacking move by Cacheda (25-23, minute 58). The Galicians knew how to extend the game when they were slightly ahead in their final possession, and although Flores saved the ball, his charge caused him to give the ball to the opponent, ending the scoring opportunity..
Thus, Atticgo Elche suffered its second defeat this season (the other was at home against Bera Bera) and finished the first round with 18 points, winning the remaining nine rounds with one point less than Bera Bera and finishing in a draw with Costa del Rey. When the league returns to the World Cup after the break, the Joaquín Rocamora-led team’s next opponent will surely be Sol Málaga.
MATCH COMMITTEE
ATLÉTICO GUARDÉS: Carrera (p), M. Sempere (p); WITH. Sempere (2), Portela, Hauptman (1), Magallanes, Cacheda (2), Palomo (4), Fernández (5), Cifuentes (1), Almeida, Amores (8), Sancha (1), Ramos (1) , Martínez (1) and Radovic.
ATTICGO ELCHE: Morales (p, 1), Carratú (p); Zhukova, Van Zijl (7), Oppedal (2), Guilabert (1), Méndez (1), Andreu, SoDelgado (4), Gascó, Flores, Benítez, Wolfs (4), Bernabé, Do Nascimento (4) and Rosa (one).
EACH 5′ POINTS: 3-3, 4-4, 5-8, 9-11, 12-13, 14-16, 14-16, 16-17, 19-18, 20-21, 24-23 and 26 -25.
REFEREES: Cristian da Silva and Tomás Luis García. They ostracized Fernández and Martínez on behalf of the local population; and Zhukova, So Delgado, Méndez (2), Gascó and Bernabé for the visitors.
PAVILION: Mayor Miguel Salas.