Leaving equality and spectacle high and wide. Thus, true to the narrative of these months, with a round 15 of maximums, the Plenitude League has closed this weekend the first half of the official calendar and 2024. Barça finishes the year from the lead after counting their matches for victories. The duel this last week against REBI Handball Cuenca (35-26) extended their winning records, with Melvyn Richardson (6 goals) and Domen Makuc (7 goals) as offensive leaders. The Blaugrana team also celebrated the return of Pol Valera after leaving behind the knee injury he suffered the previous year. Bathco BM. Torrelavega and Bidasoa Irun complete the podium at the top of the classification.
The 'Orange Squad' of Jacobo Cuétara has signed the best first half of the institution in ASOBAL competition in its history. The Vicente Trueba celebrated the conquest of a new point after the tie between the Torrelaveguans and Recoletas At. Valladolid (31-31), with a close final included and a goal on the buzzer by Jakub Prokop. Bidasoa, for its part, closed the year with a victory at Artaleku against Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil (31-25), with the more than outstanding performances of the brothers Esteban and Rodrigo Salinas (12 goals between the two).
Just one point behind the Bidasoans, Fraikin BM. Granollers closes its first half with an away win on the track of IMPULSE BM. Guadalajara (27-28), sharing responsibilities and with the goal working at a great level (the Roberto-Panitti pair signing each more than a 30% effectiveness under the posts). ABANCA Ademar León will start 2025 from the fifth position. Dani Gordo's pupils were unable to get the 'Match of the Day' that faced them to BM. Logroño La Rioja, which showed a great version and returned to the winning path (30-38).
Viveros Herol BM. Nava and Servigroup Hotels Benidorm also signed the tables at the Guerrer@s Naveros (31-31) to confirm the great moment of the team of Sergio Carballeira, who accumulates 4 consecutive days scoring. Benidorm is 13th, with 10 points, two more than Helvetia Anaitasuna, 14th, which closes the safe area of the classification. Guadalajara and Bada Huesca close 2024 in relegation positions. Nolasco's team have fallen in this round 15 against Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda (29-32), which confirms the good feelings of these last months in their return to the elite. The Aranda team is 12th, with the same points as Frigoríficos del Morrazo, which this week has drawn with Anaitasuna in the other direct duel of the second part of the table (30-30), with a performance in MVP mode from Mads Thymann (10 goals from 12 throws).
