The first phase of the regular season in the Spanish League has been completed with the matches of the 10th round.
Title-holder Barceloneta is the only team that finished this phase with ten wins in as many games.
The highlights of the 10th round were two derbies. In Group A, Terrassa edged out Barcelona 12:11. Barceloneta achieved a comfortable 11:6 victory over Sabadell in Group B.
The groups of the second phase
Places 1st – 6th: Terrassa, Barcelona, Mediterrani (Group A), Barceloneta, Sabadell, Sant Andreu (Group B)
Places 7th – 12th: Catalunya, Real Canoe, Sant Feliu (Group A), Mataro, Tenerife, Navarra (Group B)
2020/21 Spanish League, Day 10
Group A
Barcelona – Terrassa 11:12 (3:1, 4:5, 3:3, 1:3)
Barcelona: Duric 3, Delgado 2, Van de Burg 1, Power 1, Flores 1, Esteller 1, Estrany 1, Tahull 1.
Terrassa: Barroso 3, Gutierrez 3, Sanchez 2, Carillo 2, Alegre 1, De Lera 1.
Mediterrani – Sant Feliu 17:11 (4:2, 5:2, 6:3, 2:4)
CE Mediterrani: Gorria 4, A. Garcia 3, Frigola 2, Corres 2, G.Garcia 2, Galeev 1, Vujovic 1, Perez 1, Edwards 1.
CN Sant Feliu: V. Fernandez 3, Malagarriga 2, Antonov 1, M.Lucena 1, A. Lucena 1, Liorens 1.
Real Canoe – Catalunya 6:8 (1:4, 1:1, 3:2, 1:1)
Geodesic Real Canoe: Lorrio 3, De Grado 1, V. Fernandez 1, Acosta 1.
CN Cataunya: Santiveri 4, Linares 1, Prat 1, Gascon 1, Chmyr 1.
Just ten days ago, Barcelona defeated Terrassa 12:11 in the postponed game of the 5th round. Terrassa took revenge for that loss. In the same manner. The result was the same as 10 days ago, but Terrassa took the points this weekend.
Both teams have qualified for the Championship group earlier. But this match wasn’t unimportant, because the results of the mutual encounters of the teams that played in the same group of the first phase will be carried to the second stage.
The derby was an even contest, but Barcelona was ahead for most of the time. Three minutes before the end of the second quarter, Terrassa took the lead for the first time (6:5), but Barcelona answered with four goals and jumped to a 9:6 lead. In the 23rd minute, Barcelona was two steps ahead of the rival (10:8). However, Terrassa produced a 3:0 series and gained an 11:10 lead (02:35 minutes before the end). Pere Estrany equalized immediately after Terrassa’s 11th goal, but Oscar Carillo Gemar beat the buzzer. He found the net in the last second, and Terrassa recorded a 12:11 victory.
Mediterrani beat Sant Feliu to cement 3rd place.
Catalunya defeated Real Canoe thanks to an advantage earned in the opening minutes. After less than six minutes, Catalunya built a 4:0 lead. Real Canoe managed to reduce the gap to one (5:6) in the third period. But, Catalunya earned an 8:5 advantage in the early stage of the fourth quarter and controlled the match until the end.
1 Terrassa 10 – 27 (+74)
2 Barcelona 10 – 27 (+65)
3 Mediterrani 10 -13 (+9)
4 Catalunya 10 – 13 (-8)
5 Real Canoe 10 – 8
6 Sant Feliu 10 – 0
Head to head: Catalunya – Mediterrani 11:8, Mediterrani – Catalunya 10:6; Terrassa – Barcelona 11:12, Barcelona – Terrassa 11:12.
Group B
Barceloneta – Sabadell 11:6 (4:1, 3:2, 2:3, 2:0)
Zodiac CNA Barceloneta: Granados 2, Bodegas 2, Perrone 2, Biel 2, Aleksic 1, De Toro 1, Bustos 1.
Astralpool Sabadell: Ubovic 4, Teclas 1, Sanahuja 1.
Mataro – Tenerife 12:3 (3:0, 2:1, 5:1, 2:1)
CN Mataro: Guimaraes 4, Yanez 3, Veich 1, Aguillar 1, Minguez 1, Casbella 1, Daura 1.
Echeyde Tenerife: Susak 2, Andjelic 1.
Navarra – Sant Andreu 6:7 (0:1, 1:3, 3:1, 2:2)
Waterpolo Navarra: Rodriguez 2, Carales 2, Arizaga 1, J. Fernandez 1, Contreras 2.
Sant Andreu: Paul Garcia 2, Garcia 2, Jo.Tenorio 2, Bustos 1
Barceloneta quickly killed all the suspense in the derby of group B against Sabadell. The Spanish champion rushed to a 4:0 lead (5th minute), and from that point on, the difference between the sides was always three goals or more. Sabadell recovered from the opening shock, and the second and third quarter saw a balanced battle, but the visitors didn’t endanger Barceloneta’s advantage. The hosts closed the match with two goals in the final quarter for a comfortable 11:6 win. Sabadell’s center-forward Nemanja Ubovic was the best scorer with four goals.
Mataro easily beat Tenerife. Sant Andreu narrowly defeated Navarra, in the match that wasn’t important, because these two teams won’t play in the same group of the 2nd phase
1 Barceloneta 10 – 30
2 Sabadell 10 – 24
3 Sant Andreu 10 – 18
4 Mataro 10 – 12
5 Tenerife 10 – 4
6 Navarra 10 – 1
Points in the second stage
Group 1st – 6th places: Barceloneta 12 points (carried from the first phase), Barcelona 9, Terrassa 9, Sabadell 6, Mediterrani 0, Sant Andreu 0.
Group 7th – 12th: Mataro 12, Catalunya 10, Real Canoe 7, Tenerife 4, Navarra 1, Sant Feliu 0.
