The Plenitude League has returned this weekend in a big way after the break for international commitments, drawing a round 9 that reignites the general classification. Barça remains strong in the lead after beating Servigroup Hotels Benidorm (X) with a more than notable group performance. The Blaugrana team had goal contributions from all the court players of the call-up, with 8 of them signing a 100% effectiveness in shots on goal (highlighting the 6/6 from Aleix Gómez from the right end).
The fight for the second position is more open than ever, with Bathco BM. Torrelavega and Fraikin BM. Granollers adding two points after winning against Frigoríficos del Morrazo and Bada Huesca, respectively. The 'Orange Squad', led by Nicolai Colunga (7 goals from 8 shots), scored a new edition of the 'Match of the Day' (X) that was decided in the final moments after taking the initiative in the score for most of the second half. Granollers, on the other hand, overcame a good Huesca (X) away, from less to more, despite holding the last position in the competition. The duel of great individual performances was first-rate, with Ignacio Suárez (7 goals), Frank Cordiés (6 goals) and Miguel Malo (6 goals) on the local side and Víctor Romero (7 goals), Jordi Deumal (6 goals) and Antonio García (7 goals) on the side of the blanc-i-blaus.
ABANCA Ademar León took the match for the third place in the table against Viveros Herol BM. Nava (X), valuing the firepower that it has in the corners, with Carlos Álvarez and Darío Sanz assuming this week a prominent role of goal scorers (17 between the two). Bidasoa Irun, sixth, 1 point from fourth place and two from Granollers, continues to grow. In this round he has squeezed the Artaleku factor to beat IMPULSE BM. Guadalajara (X) with a stellar Esteban Salinas (8 goals), backed by a good Leo Maciel under the sticks (34% effectiveness with 14 interventions).
REBI Handball Cuenca and Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil added two points in the matches in the middle zone of the classification, now even more compressed. The conquerors overcame BM. Logroño La Rioja (X), matching their point record (9), the same as Recoletas At. Valladolid, who fell at the hands of the team led by Paco Bustos (X). From there, the equality is maximum in the Professional League, with 5 teams tied at 5 points. The first home victory of this course of Tubos Aranda Villa de Aranda has given rise to these highly attractive circumstances. The Aranda team won by the minimum against Helvetia Anaitasuna, in an exciting second half and final moments of heart attack. Dalmau Huix and Arthur Pereira (13 goals between the two) were again the best of their team.
