The vallesanos beat Balatonfüredi and are mathematically a qualifying team
Antonio Rama’s men decided the match in the second part, in which they were superior to the Magyars
Fraikin BM Granollers is already mathematically a team in the round of 16 of the European League, after defeating the Hungarian KSE Balatonfüredi 33-30 on Tuesday.
DATA SHEET
European League
GRA
BAL
LINEUPS
Granollers
Luan, Franco (4), Faruk (5), Reguart (6), Salinas (4), Antonio García (9.2p) and Adrià Martínez -starting seven-; Guàrdia (ps), Torriani (2), Gurri (1), Romero (1), Amigó, Rey, Castillo, Roca (1) and De Sande.
Balatonfuredi
Andó, Ág (2), Sretenovic (6), Dénes, Szücs (1), Németh and Hornyák (3) -starting seven-; Tóth (ps), Kemény (2), Varga (2), Vajda (1), Szmetán, Szöllosi (4), Malinovic, Brandt and Gostovic (9, 5p)
partial 5′
3-2, 5-5, 10-8, 12-10, 14-12, 17-14 (rest); 20-17, 24-21, 28-22, 31-23, 32-25 and 33-30.
referees
Dimitar Mitrevski and Blagojche Todorovski. Exclusions for Gurri (2) and Salinas for Fraikin BM Granollers, and Szücs (2), Dénes and Vajda for Balatonfüredi
Pavilion
Palau d’Esports de Granollers in front of about 400 spectators
Those of Antonio Rama they decided the match in the second part, in which they were superior to the visiting teamwho was able to arrive alive at half-time and who, despite the final difference, came to be eight goals down.
Three days before the conclusion of the first phase, The Vallesano team has options to be first in the groupwhich would make it easier for him to cross the next round.
The locals did not want to miss their opportunity to take a definitive step in qualifying to access the knockout phase and, from the beginning, they imposed a very high pace of the game to punish the losses and the remarkable size of the Hungarian players (4- 2, min 6).
Balatonfüredi, after starting the game very erratic in attack, took advantage of their considerable physical superiority to find better shooting situations and equalize the duel (7-7, min 13).
Two consecutive goals from Antonio García, who was having a great game, allowed the team from Valles to regain control and forcing the first timeout requested by the visiting coach (10-8, min 15).
In the second section of the first half, the defenses continued to be practically non-existent, so both teams found the goal with relative ease. A context that favored Balatonfüredi, who were much more solid than in the first leg and who arrived alive at half-time (17-14).
After passing through changing rooms, the goals of Yusuf Faruk, who led the Granollers attackstopped the initial momentum with which a Balatonfüredi came out who depended excessively on the flashes of the full-back Sretenovic and the central defender Szöllosi (21-17, min 35).
antonio garciawho took over from the Nigerian winger and who was completing an excellent game with nine goals from nine shotsprompted Antonio Rama’s men to give the first arreón to try to break the game definitively (27-21, min 41). The six goals difference meant the maximum of the duel and forced the Hungarian coach, László György, to stop the bleeding.
The timeout did not change the character of the game and Granollers faced the last ten minutes with a clear lead, seven and eight goals, but decided not to slow down. Despite the interventions of an inspired Marc Guàrdia, who came on in the second half, Balatonfüredi was able to make up the score in the final stretch (33-30).