Atticgo Balonmano Elche’s coach, Joaquín Rocamora, analyzed Atticgo Balonmano Elche’s next match in the European Cup last 16 round (Saturday at 18:00) at the press conference held today. Play at home – return on the 20th at the Esperanza Lag pavilion -, now The leading team of the Portuguese league is Madeira Andebol SAD.

The Oriola coach sees four keys to facing the complex matchup. First of all, “We must dominate the field defensively.” Opponents’ goal-scoring capacity is enormous“Also, players need to move past the ‘poor shooting efficiency we’ve had lately’ as well”minimize bad moments” and finally “if we have good times, take advantage of our good times.”

Education

Because we recovered after our last league match against Rocasa “You always recover better when you win”The coach explained that there had already been a training session yesterday, albeit “soft”, and that “first of all we emphasized the video session and the knowledge of the best opposition players and Madeira as a team”.

“The opponent has a lot of dynamite and a lot of goal-scoring ability,” says Rocamora, who assumes that “it will be very difficult to support and defend them” and has three players of “international” level. It makes them very effective offensively” and this is a very complex team for the European Cup. “They lost only one match against Malaga in the Iberian Super Cup at the beginning of September. They recently won at the home of their arch-rivals Benfica. They are very good. The Portuguese league also makes it much easier for its teams to participate in the best conditions in Europe. Actually, they didn’t play this week and they won’t play next week either. “We had a match yesterday.”

Huge competitor potential

Rocamora knows the enormous potential of his competitors, but he also wants to look at his own potential. “We are facing two good teams at a good time. We have to avoid making so many simple mistakes and, above all, be very clear that this is a 120-minute draw and know how to play with the score and the times. You won’t win in the first game, but you can lose. So we need to pay attention to that,” the coach said.


Rocamora in the last European competition match ANTONIO AMOROS

Atticgo Elche has extra motivation. The truth is that the European Cup excites us more than in other years. We see the Queen’s Cup only as the final stage. We are in a very good period after two good matches in the league. “We have very good incentives and we enjoy it,” explains Rocamora, who says that there is usually not a large influx of fans at the opposing field. “First of all, we do not expect a great atmosphere. I do not know how many advantages they have due to European competition. Madeira is a very strong club financially, the club that has the most agreements with Benfic. They are very professional. The domestic competition is very calm for them. I hope an atmosphere will be created and we will have that. “There’s morbidity, that competition, and people putting pressure on us. It’s very exciting.”

The journey will be long. “Terrible,” says RocamoraTo reach Funchal (Madeira Islands), they have to stop in Madrid and Lisbon. The expedition will consist of 18 members and the president of the Elche Handball Club has already departed and is in the Portuguese town.