Barça’s top ten in the ASOBAL league before the visit to Magdeburg

Ten days and 10 victories Barçanumber 10 in ASOBAL League after winning this Saturday on the track Helvetia Anaitasuna (31-38) before an interesting match Champions next Wednesday against Magdeburgduel in Germany between the last two champions Europe.

Four regular players in the starting lineup, Dick Meme (shoulder injury), Aleix Gomez (shoulder), Jonathan Carlsbogaard (ankle) and Hampus Bath (break), they were excluded from the list, but Carlos Ortega He has enough wardrobe to maintain his level, as the Blaugrana demonstrated on Thursday with a successful win against HBC Nantes (36-30).

Immersed in a battle to stay at the bottom of the table, Anaitasuna stayed close to Barca from the start (9-9 in the 12th minute), but Gonzalo Perez de Vargas He had a few moments of inspiration and Barça took advantage of a five-goal lead thanks to a 2-7 partial effort led by the front-line centre-back. Domain Makuk And Melvin Richardsonstarting immediately in the absence of Meme: 11-16 in the 23rd minute.

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With eight saves and 33% accuracy from Gonzalo in the first half, Barcelona were only three ahead at the break (16-19) because Marcos Cancio He also reacted well to Navarre’s goal (6 and 26%). Both teams changed goalkeepers at the restart and the duel between the Blaugrana. Emil Nielsen (8 and 35%) and local Daniel Santamaria (10 and 36%) were also very attractive.

Nielsen had already intervened in the first game and, in keeping with his outstanding season, made five saves in 10 minutes to extend Barca’s lead to eight goals. Louis Frade And Tim N’Guessan loss in attack: 20-28 in the 40th minute after another confident partial score of 0-5.

Thanks to the victory, Ortega was able to distribute the efforts between his players and also gave the youngsters some minutes. Miguel Martin17 years old and 2.00m tall, whose powerful left foot and courage have already earned him his debut this week in the Champions League.

Melvin Richardson (7), Domain Makuk (6), Javi Rodriguez (6), Blaz Yank (4) and Tim N’Guessan (4) were Barça’s top scorers, and Aitor Garcia (7), Ernesto Gonyi (6) and Aitor Albisu (4) stood out in Anaitasuna. With his feet, Daniel Santamaria avoided a major defeat from the leader (31-38).

Technical sheet

31 – Helvetia Anaitasuna: Cancio (Santamaria), Moreno (3, 1 point), Goñi (6), Redondo (1), Itois (1), Albizu (4), Kiselev -main team-; Ganusa (1), Aitor Garcia (8), Javier Gonzalez (1), Adrian Ortiz (2), Castro (1), Elustondo, Marco Moreno (3) and Zungri.
38 – Barça: Gonzalo (Nielsen), Richardson (7, 2 points), Yank (4), Rodriguez (6), Palomino (1), Makuk (6), Ariño (2) -starting team-; Jan Blas, N’Guessan (4), Petrus, Miguel Martin (1), Manuel Ortega (2), Frade (3), Petar Cikusa (1) and Bazan (1).
Judges: Alberto Garcia Rodriguez and Jose Manuel Iniesta Castillo.
Exceptions: Elustondo, Redondo, Kiselev, Aitor Garcia (Anaitasuna); Bazan and Petrus (Barça). Straight red to Petrus (56 minutes).
Bookmark: 4–5, 7–9, 10–11, 11–14, 12–16, 16–19 (rest); 20-25, 21-28, 24-32, 27-33, 28-36, 31-38 (final).
Incidents: The match of the 10th day of the ASOBAL League took place at the Anaitasuna Pavilion in Pamplona.