After a series of clear wins at the Final Eight of the Spanish Cup last week and a victory over Radnicki in the Champions League, Barceloneta continued beating rivals convincingly.
The Spanish champion ran over Terrassa 22:6 in the derby of the 17th round of the Spanish League. Sabadell and Barcelona recorded convincing wins, too.
2021/22 Spanish League, Day 17
Barceloneta – Terrassa 22:6 (7:2, 5:2, 3:1, 7:1)
Barceloneta: Pavillard 4, Asensio 3, Munarriz 3, Granados 2, Ponferrada 2, Fernandez 2, Bustos 2, Perrone 1.
Terrassa: Barroso 2, De Lera 2, Alegre 1, Alarcon 1.
Sabadell – Mataro 11:3 (3:1, 2:1, 4:0, 2:1)
Sabadell: Sanahuja 4, Averka 3, Valera 2, Bertran 1, Gil 1.
Mataro: Andrade 1, Codina 1, Weerd 1.
Barcelona – Tenerife 14:8 (3:2, 2:1,5:3, 4:2)
Barcelona: Delgado 4, Goma 2, Valls 2, Lopez 1, Van den Burg 1, Duric 1, Tahull 1, Frigola 1, Ramon 1.
Tenerife: Susak 3, Diaz 1, Magrina 1, Mercado 1, Caldas 1, Borovcic-Kurir 1.
Real Canoe – Navarra 9:8 (2:2, 3:2, 3:2, 1:2)
Real Canoe: Romero 4, Alcon 2, Nuno 1,M.Gonzalez 1, J. Jimenez 1.
Waterpolo Navarra:F. Arriazu 4, Franco 2, J. Fernandez 1, Zulaica 1.
Catalunya – Sant Andreu 5:13 (2:3, 1:2, 1:4, 1:4)
Catalunya: Ramirez 1, Kuznetsov 1, Santiveri 1, Quinn 1, S. Gonzalez 1.
Sant Andreu: Bargallo 3, Paul 3, Yanez 2, Frigola 2, Montes 2, Bustos 1.
Rubi – Mediterrani 8:10 (2:3, 1:2, 4:3,1:2)
Rubi: S. Pina 4, Vasic 2, I. Pina 1, Karaman 1.
Mediterrani: A. Garcia 3, Gorres 2, Jo. Perez 2, Ja. Perez 1, Vasin 1, Radic 1.
The big match of the day – an encounter between the leader Barceloneta and the 4th-placed Terrassa turned into an one-sided contest quickly. Terrassa leveled at 1:1 and 2:2 in the early stage of the match. Then, Barceloneta produced a 5:0 run to jump to a 7:2 lead. At halftime, the hosts had a 12:4 advantage and there was no way back for Terrassa. Australian Luke Anthony Pavillard was the best scorer with four goals.
Sabadell played perfectly in defense in beating Mataro. The finalist of the LEN Euro Cup kept the rival on three goals. Bernat Sanahuja (4 goals) and Kanstantin Averka (3) led Sabadell’s attack.
Barcelona started slowly in the game against Tenerife. The visitors from the Canary Islands didn’t let the favorite make a big difference quickly. After a 5:3 first half, Tenerife leveled at 5:5. Still, Barcelona took control soon and recorded a comfortable 14:8 victory.
The most exciting match of the day was played in Madrid. Real Canoe endged out Navarra 9:8. Early in the fourth period, Real earned a three-goal lead for the first time (9:6). Navarra started coming back, cutting the deficit (8:9) three minutes before the end. Still, the visitors didn’t go further and remained the only winless team in the league.
Mediterrani defeated Rubi and climbed to 6th place. Sant Andreu was too strong for Catalunya.
1 Barceloneta 15 – 45
2. Sabadell 17 – 42
3. Barcelona 16 – 40
4. Terrassa 17 – 34
5. Sant Andreu 17 – 34
6. Mediterrani 17 – 29
7. Mataro 17 – 26
8. Tenerife 17 – 15
9. Catalunya 16 – 12
10. Rubi 16 – 10
11. Real 17 – 9
12. Navarra 17 – 1
