Frigoríficos del Morrazo added a golden point after overcoming a four-goal deficit by Angel Ximenez Puente Genil (27-27) in the last eight minutes of a match in the Asobal of handball who could also have won but Gonçalo Ribeiro avoided it with half a minute left.
To the team of Paco Bustos It was difficult for him to adapt to the defensive intensity of Frigoríficos, which he dominated relying on the stops of Cape Verdean Elcio Carvalho. But several childhood errors weighed down the Galician team, that went out in attack due to its losses. A 0-4 run returned the score to equality (9-9, min.19) and Nacho Moyano called his first timeout.
The exchange of blows maintained that equality until at the start of the second half Puente Genil distanced itself, with Boskos and Gonçalo Ribeiro doing damage to the Galician defense. Moyano stopped the clash again, but this time there was no reaction from his team (14-18, min.38).
The Pontans lose the advantage
The Frigoríficos was stuck in attack. But two exclusions from the rival -Márcio Silva and Boskos- gave breathing room to the Galician team, which enjoyed up to three attacks to get within one. Paco Bustos began to fear the result and stopped the match (21-22, min.48). Álvaro De Hita saved a penalty against Dorado and Puente Genil escaped again with a partial 0-3 (21-25, min.52).
Moyano stopped the crash. And he took risks by attacking with seven and a pressing defense that paid off. Puente Genil got stuck and, with two and a half minutes left, Frigoríficos equalized (26-26). O Gatañal pushed, and his team took the lead (27-26) with a goal from Brais González that Ribeiro neutralized shortly after (27-27).
Data sheet:
27 – Cangas Frigoríficos del Morrazo: Elcio Carvalho, Dorado (3.1p), Brais González (6), Santi López (1), Quintas (3), Gayo (2) and Jenilson (5) – starting team – Jorgé Pérez (ps), Essam, Rares Fodorean (2) Simes (2p), Gael, Thymann (3) and Mendonça.
27 – Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil: Ben Tekaya, Cuenca (2), Aizen (3), Arsenashvili (5), Márcio Silva, Keita (2) and Gonçalo Ribeiro (7) -starting team- Álvaro De Hita, Boskos (7.2p), Paco Bernabéu () , Jánosi and Jung (1).
Marker every five minutes: 2-0, 5-3, 9-6, 10-9, 10-10, 12-12 (rest); 14-16, 16-20, 19-21, 21-23, 24-26 and 27-27.
Referees: Jesús and Jorge Escudero Santiuste (Cantabrian committee). They excluded Fodorean (2) and Thymann on behalf of Frigoríficos, and Márcio Silva, Boskos and Jung on behalf of Puente Genil.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the seventeenth day of the Asobal league played in the O Gatañal pavilion in front of about 1,900 spectators.