Lions Sassari vs Ac Life Style Erice 16-41
Partials: (11-19; 16-41).
Lions Sassari: Poddighe 1, Scanu, Lepori, Chernova 3, Doro, Onesti 1, Doneddu, Fenu, Bonnet 2, Balata 2, Rivetti, Rios 1, Satta, Datcu (p), Colunga 6, Furesi (p).
Trainer: Florentina Pastor.
Ac Life Style Erice: Bernabei 3, Notarianni, Tarbuch 5, Losio 7, Basolu 4, Pugliara 6, Raicevic 2, Manojlovic 5, Benincasa, Iacovello (p), Ekoh 9, Ramazzotti (p).
Trainer: Fernando Gonzalez Gutierrez.
Referees: Alessandro Limido and Nicola Donnini.
SASSARI. Easy victory for Handball Erice, who won on the Sassari field with the final result of 16 to 41. Competition almost always managed by the Erice team, who closed their regular season of the championship in the best way, awaiting the final rush that will soon see protagonist. From Wednesday, in fact, it will be time to think about the play-offs, with Handball Erice, which having finished in second place in the standings, will be able to count on the field factor in the semi-finals. The best of three games are played.
FIRST HALF: Start of game where attacks prevail over defenses. The first gap was created by Erice, who found the triple advantage with goals from Pugliara (10′ 3-6). An advantage that Erice manages to manage, raising its intensity in defense and scoring again with Pugliara and Manojlovic (19′ 5-11). They then increase the speed on the pitch, with Erice extending the lead11 to 19.
SECOND HALF: Many errors at the start, but Tarbuch unlocks Erice, who leads 12 to 21 (36′). Erice then reaches the double-digit lead, thanks to its counterattacks (39′ 12-25). The gap became difficult for Sassari to close and was widened by Erice, with the final part of the match only serving to establish the final result of 16 to 41.
