Matchday 20 of the Plenitude League continues to play with the horizons of the concept of equality. It is the essence of the ASOBAL label, which, like a royal flush, has signed 1 draw, 2 victories by the minimum and 3 triumphs of visiting teams this weekend. The competition avoids competitive relaxations. With Barça even more leader after taking the Match of the Day that was played this Sunday on the BM. Logroño La Rioja court (24-30), competing well until the last stretch of the match, with the blaugranas sure, solid from the defense and their two goalkeepers, who once again surpassed 30% of interventions. The offensive dominance was for Timothey N'Guessan and Javi Rodríguez, who returned to Logroño with a great performance.
From there, Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil has added more spice to the classification after beating Bidasoa Irun (28-27) and breaking their winning streak. The Andalusians, led by Tincho Jung (6 goals) and Tamas Jánosi (6 goals), surprised those of Jacobo Cuérata, playing an outstanding match that was resolved with a goal from Lucas Aizen. The bidasotarras remain second ahead of Fraikin BM. Granollers, who drew with ABANCA Ademar León (34-34) in another exhibition of top-tier ASOBAL handball.
The clash collected all possible attractions. Yusuf Faruk (8 goals), Pau Panitti growing big under the posts, 17 goals between the Leonese Carlos Álvarez and Juan Castro and a goal on the buzzer by Antonio García to close the scoreboard. The team that took advantage of the combination of results at the top of the standings was Bathco BM. Torrelavega, who won by the minimum against Recoletas At. Valladolid (32-33), with Dani Ramos resolving the clash. The pupils of Álex Mozas climb to the fifth position, placing themselves just two points behind Logroño, fourth.
Viveros Herol BM. Nava, Helvetia Anaitasuna and TM Benidorm also join the fight for that fourth place after winning this weekend. The debut of Gedeón Guardiola with the Nava shirt (two goals) resulted in two points over Bada Huesca (36-34), with an offensive exhibition by Óscar Marugán (11 goals), improving the performances of an also huge Rodrigo Benites (9 goals in the rival team). Anaita, for its part, beat a combative Frigoríficos del Morrazo (32-29) led by Eduardo Fernández, MVP of this matchday after scoring 11 goals. Benidorm also complied, against Fertiberia Puerto Sagunto (31-24), in this case, which continues to fight to stay in the top category of Spanish male handball. REBI Handball Cuenca puts distance, precisely, with the bottom of the table after overcoming Blendio Sinfín (29-36).