The Cantabrians stood up to Ortega’s team
The azulgranas were much superior and woke up quickly
Barça comfortably beat Bathco Torrelavega 38-29 on Tuesday, in an early match of the seventh day of the ASOBAL League due to the commitment of the Barça team in the Super Globe, in a clash in which the Cantabrian team stood up in the second half, but in which Carlos Ortega’s men, much superior They woke up quickly.
Left-handed winger Aleix Gómez left at the last minute due to gastroenteritis and his position was covered by winger Pablo Urgangarín, and central defender Luka Cindric is still resting. The Champions League begins in a week, and Carlos Ortega doesn’t want to take risks. Torrelavega came out without complexes and even went ahead at the start (4.5, m.6), but the azulgranas picked up the pace and with a 5-0 run they opened the gap (9-5, m.10). The actions of goalkeeper Carlos Calle, with 4 stops in a row, they stopped the Catalan offensive.
The visiting coach Álex Mozas asked for time to reorganize his defense, but the losses in attack motivated him to the actions of Domen Makuc, Haniel Lángaro, Hampus Wanne and Blaz Janc quickly surpassed the Cantabrian defense and a maximum advantage of 10 goals was reached (20-10, m.26).
In addition, the debut of the new Barça goalkeeper Emil Nielsen at the Palau was spectacular with 9 saves in this first half (for 13 in total. The Cantabrians managed to save at halftime (22-14)but Barça quickly returned to that advantage at the start of the second half (29-19, m.41), with Wanne and Janc unstoppable.