Second round for Barça in the Copa del Rey. those of Charles Ortegaafter beating Helvetia Anaitasuna (35-32) in the quarter-finals, they face a Cangas handball player who eliminated Ademar León ‘in extremis’ today at the Fernando Argüelles.
The Barça team is looking for its ninth consecutive final in this tournament in which it is the maximum dominator, with eight titles won consecutively and 26 in the global calculation. As a rival, they will have a willful BM Cangas, with a young squad and the illusion of winning their first cup title. In the precedent of the season between the two, in a duel against ASOBAL, Barça won 26-33 although the Galician team remained close until the final minutes.
For this match Carlos Ortega lost Aitor Arino. The Barça winger suffers from a tendinopathy in his left knee that will keep him off the court for at least ten days. He thus joins the downside of Louis Fradelong-term injured.
The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m. and we will tell you about it live on Sport.es.
“I’m sure it will be a very tough game. Cangas has nothing to lose and we have to win. It’s a final for us. There’s no time to rest and we’re ready,” explained Blaz Janc, who returned to the team in the quarterfinals after a month KO due to appendicitis.
“I’m better. I’ve already done two or three training sessions and I played a bit on Friday. I’m sure I’m not at my peak yet, but I’m happy to be able to play with my teammates. I got quite tired, because I’d been out for three or four weeks. It’s harder , but I’m fine,” added the Slovenian.
Barça, meanwhile, reached their ninth consecutive semifinals after their duel against Helvetia Anaitasuna, who endured much of the match but ended up losing in the final stretch. Luka Cindric, with ten goals, not only became the top scorer in the match but also in the Cup.
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? Luka Cindrić (@FCBhandbol) – 10 goals
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— RFEBalonmano (@RFEBalonmano) March 25, 2022
After the quarter-final match, Helvetia Anaitasuna filed an appeal with the Competition Committee of the Spanish Handball Federation requesting that the result of the match be challenged due to improper alignment of the Barça team. A request that the Federation rejected. “After analyzing the applicable regulations, the National Competition Committee agrees to dismiss the claim made considering that no infraction has been committed in the registration of the FC Barcelona players in the match by virtue of the provisions of section II.C 5 in relation to the II.A 7 both of the NO.RE.BA 2021/2022 & rdquor ;, indicated the Competition Committee in its resolution.
⚪️? From Helvetia Anaitasuna, we respect the resolution of the Competition Committee of the @RFEHandballbecause matches are won on the track.
? Similarly, we regret that a regulation is subject to interpretation. Our sport does not deserve such a diffuse regulation
– Helvetia Anaitasuna (@AnaitasunaBM) March 26, 2022