32-26: The Trops lose in Cangas and say goodbye to promotion to the Asobal League

The decisive match started even, but the Trops seemed more focused than in the first leg (20-24). In fact, it was the team from Malaga that inaugurated the electronic game and, since then, they have always played ahead of the score, although the locals managed to tie immediately. However, the gap opened at 07:11, when Quino Soler’s team enjoyed a three-goal lead (3-6). Later, the Galician reaction would arrive, which scored a partial of 3-0 to put the electronic in tables (6-6). Equality returned to stay for a few minutes, but Cangas hit until the people from Malaga took the lead (8-9).

The Trops were addressing the Asobal team on first-name terms, but he needed to increase his rent. However, Cangas managed to open a small gap (13-11) reached the 20th minute of play and it is that the Galician team was currently showing its best version.

Despite this local advantage, the Costa del Sol team did not give up and kept trying to reach the break with a result that would leave everything open for the second act. Instead, several errors in attack condemned the Malacitanos, who went to the locker room losing 16-13a result –seven up with the first leg– almost utopian for the comeback.

Play resumed, the Trops attempted a comeback. In fact, he almost succeeded, getting to one (18-17). But an arreón from Cangas, with a 4-0 run as a prize, put the hopes of Malaga away. The email indicated a clear 22-17 and in mind were the four goals difference in the first leg. Although there were still twenty minutes to go, the game had completely broken in favor of the locals, while the Trops crashed into the defensive wall of the Pontevedra team and goalkeeper Gerard Fons, who had made twelve saves.

Cangas had the victory more than tied and the Trops knew it. Spirits had dropped to the benefit of the locals, who even achieved a seven-goal advantage (26-19) after halfway through the second half. The crash was sentenced. It only remained to wait for the end of the match, which was reached with the result of 32-26.

Consequently, Málaga will have to wait one more season to try to get a men’s team into the elite of Spanish handball. The last club in the capital to achieve this was Maristas, which made its debut in 1990 and lasted until 1995.

Datasheet

32. sarongs: Javi Diaz (p.), Brais (3), Gayo (3), Martin (2), Dorado (4), Del Arco (1), Monteiro (3) – starting seven – Simes (4), Solino, Fifth, Toth, Iribar (1), Fodorean (8), Gerard Forns (p.), Vilanova (1) and Aizen (2).

26. Trops Málaga: Villamarín (p.), Leonel (5), Kahr (2), Cabrera (2), Consuegra (2), Corning, Alberto Castro (4) –starting seven–, Pablo Fernández (1), Melgar (1), Soler (3), Luis Castro (1), Palomeque, Alvis (p.), Vidal, Martins (3) and Diego Pérez (2).

partial: 2-4, 5-6, 8-9, 12-11, 14-12, 16-13 (first part), 18-17, 22-18, 25-19, 27-20, 31-24, 32 -26 (end).

Referees: Alejandro Hoz Fernández and Axel Riloba Pereda, from the Territorial Federation of Cantabria. They excluded Martín, Iribar and Gayo, from Cangas.

incidences: Return match of the promotion/relegation promotion, played in the O Gatañal Municipal pavilion, in Cangas del Morrazo (Pontevedra) before 3,000 people (full house)