Atlético Valladolid Handball continues its November development with a determined pace in which it is unbeaten after 5 games, four in the league and one in the cup. The blue gladiators picked up today their second victory of the month against a gritty Club Cisne, which has never bothered to put things in difficulty for the clubs. The final defensive intensity and the high effectiveness of the full-back of Macedonian Dimitar Dimitrioski and the Italian Nicolo D’Antino, in the end decided the balance of Pucelano’s team, which however had to make every effort, overcoming tiredness and low turnover after goals in consecutive clashes, to defeat a rival in need and like Valladolid, plagued by injuries.
The first seven minutes passed without Recoletas managing to score a single goal. Thus Cisne took the lead 0-2, but Pisonero’s team soon recovered from this hesitant start and with a 3-0 run took the score in hand after a goal on the counterattack by Miguel Camino, 3-2. In the following bars, the alternatives presided over the match, until the pivot Álvaro Martínez consolidated the local lead of two goals, 10-8 in the 19th minute.
The people of Pontevedra took notice of the blow and coach Javier Márquez had to spend a timeout with three down, given the excellent defensive minutes of the Pucel team. César Pérez also responded on goal and Atlético Valladolid prevented their rival from playing in transition. To this was added a good circulation of the ball, which allowed the local team to feel at ease installed in the four opening goals. In this way the result of the first part reflected an 18-14 in favor of the Castilians.
In the second period, a 1-4 run by Cisne caused David Pisonero to time out, while the team from Pontevedra returned to the heels of the locals with Chan and Álvarez in the forefront. The team capitalized on assets by introducing the offensive dual pivot with Álvaro Martínez and Robert Rosell. Even so, Cisne also had the ball to equalize. Recoletas resorted to seven against six to try to break up the fight and protect his men from overexertion, obtaining some advantages.
In this way the Castilian team stretches further, even if D’Antino misses 7 meters to bring his four over. But Cisne cut again, pushed by the saves of the Brazilian goalkeeper Franzini and by the goals of Chapela. Playing with patience, he got one by scoring into an empty net and favored by the red card for Recoletas’ pivot, Pedro Martínez.
But the blue gladiators increased their intensity in the decisive phase of the match, Borja Méndez beat the mixed one and from the extremes, with an excellent Dimitrioski, he earned two magnificent points in a worked way, which allow him to stabilize in the middle of the classification area Curd until now a month of November to frame.
