Garbi Dénia plays the lead in Altea after winning the Ibi (24-23)
The next league day in the Autonomous Championship brings a high tension match for Garbi Dénia's interests, since the leadership of the South Group will be played in its trip to the Garganes de Altea pavilion where Villa Blanca Altea will be measured.
The two teams come to this confrontation with 7 points, that is, they have won 3 games and have drawn one. The Dianenses will face it with their morale through the roof after their brilliant victory in the Joan Fuster pavilion against Handbol Ibi, which they beat 24-23.
At the start of the game, the locals with their usual defense in depth tried to break the circulation of the ball in the offensive game of the visitors. Emilio Landete's work as a more advanced player was commendable. Club Handbol Ibi did not rush, played judiciously always looking for the best options for launch. With that defense so open, visitors found holes to penetrate and that kept them alive in the game.
In the equator of the first part, neither team was superior to its rival. Tie to 8, it was what the marker pointed out. A short marker that did not show that defenses outperformed attacks.
In the next quarter of an hour of play, the boys trained by David Salonova sought their attacking improvement. While the Ibi maintained its good attack to reach the break with a hopeful tie to 15 goals.
In the second half, the game continued under the same parameters: blunt defense in the premises before which the visitors knew how to move the ball. While the local attack, although it improved somewhat with respect to the first period, did not serve to open the gap in the scoreboard.
The minutes were advanced and, with ten minutes left, Dianenses ruled for two goals (22-20), but the game was not close. The Ibi team that trains Maria Cristina Aragón increased her defensive intensity by being below the scoreboard. He got the locals to make mistakes and the lack of depth of the Dianense bench was noted, his players came very fair to the final minutes of the game.
The experience was fundamental so that the final straight in the premises was played with a lot of head. Not rushing into attack and good defensive work earned him this time to take the victory by a narrow margin (24-23).