El Cisne clearly falls on the field of Granollers: 37-24

GRANOLLERS, 37

Rangel Luan (1) (Guàrdia), Franco (6), Faruk (2), Rey, Amigó (3), Antonio García (8.3p) and Adrià Martínez (4) -starting seven-; Torriani (1), Gurri (3.1p), Romero (2.1p), Salinas (2), Reguard (3), De Sande, Roca (1) and Castillo (1).

SWAN, 24

Franzini (Kilian Ramírez,1), Arias (2), Furtado (2), Serrano (1), Dedu (2), Pombo (3) and Carlos Álvarez (8.1p) -starting seven-; Chan (1p), Bruno Vázquez (1), Cavalcanti (1), Javier Vázquez, Arboleya, De Moura (1), Franceschetti (1) and Ocaña.

GUYS EVERY FIVE MINUTES: 5-0, 8-4, 10-5, 15-6, 15-8, 18-11 (rest); 21-13, 23-17, 25-20, 28-21, 32-22 and 37-24

THE JUDGES: Victor Navarro and Fernanda Espino. Exclusions for Amigó for Fraikin BM Granollers and Cavalcanti and Furtado for Club Cisne Balonmano.

Fraika’s BM Granollers beat Cisne, bottom team of the Plenitude Asobal League, 37-24 in a lopsided encounter that left them on track in the first half (18-11) but cost them a ten-goal lead to finish second .

Valles coach Antonio Rama expectedly gave the second unit of the team a lot of playing time.

Granollers won with a 3-0 run before the 3rd minute of the game, forcing Cisne’s coach, Francisco Javier Márquez, to stop the game immediately.

Antonio García, who needed eight minutes to realize four goals and reach 1000 in the Asobal League, was the leader of Valles’ team, far superior (8-4, min 10). El Cisne, who came out fully self-aware of the game, took a measure of the Granollers’ defense, but lost balls – some of them very absurd – punished him (10-5, min 14).

The team from Galicia got stuck in the attack again, gave away a lot of balls, which made it easier for Granollers to counter attack and transition play, which continued to expand its advantage despite the rotations. El Cisne, who appeared to be dead, asserted a 4-1 run before the break to keep a minimal hope alive (18-11).

After conceding a 3-0 run, El Cisne took advantage of the relaxation of Antonio Rama’s team and with a 0-5 run forced the coach to stop the guests’ best moment in the game (21-15, min. 36).

It did not seem that Swan could turn the game around, although they used a very changeable Granollers in attack (24-18, min 42). With the interventions of visiting goalkeeper Kilian Ramírez, Franzini’s replacement at the start of the match, the deficit was reduced to five goals (25-20, min. 45). Swan was the closest to a comeback, as Granollers again moved towards a comfortable victory (37-24) in the last minutes.