Two derbies closed the first half of the Spanish League. The most interesting encounters of the 11th round were matches Mediterrani – Sabadell and Barcelona – Mataro. Barcelona and Sabadell celebrated narrow wins.
The 12th round will be played in February.
Spanish League 2019/20, Round 11
Mediterrani – Sabadell 8:9 (1:1, 2:3, 2:3, 3:2)
Meduterrani:Minguell 2, Stevenson 2, Garcia 1, Roca 1, Gorria 1, Frigola 1.
Sabadell:S. Cabanas 2, V. Cabanas 2, Fenoz 2, Farmer 1, Avramovic 1, Valera 1.
Tenerife – Barceloneta 5:19 (1:6, 1:4, 1:5, 2:5)
Tenerife: Savio 2, Salvador 2, Marcado 1.
Barceloneta: Granados 4, Munarriz 3, Tahull 3, De Toro 2, Bustos 2, Bruce 2, Ponferrada 1, Fernandez 1, Biel 1.
Barcelona – Mataro 12:11 (6:1, 3:4, 2:3, 1:3)
CN Barcelona: Estrany 3, Flores 2, Duric 2, Delgado 2, Goma 1, Marsal 1, Trilles 1.
Quadis Mataro: Yanez 5, Guimaraes 3, Codina 2, Barbena 1.
Terrassa – Navarra 23:7 (6:3, 5:1, 6:1, 6:2)
CN Terrassa:Sanahuja 5, Barroso 4, Gutierrez 4, Alegre 3, Pericas 3, Chico 2,O.Aguilar 1, Prieto 1.
Water Polo Navarra:Carales 3, Fernandey 2, Arriazu 1, Esteban 1.
Sant Andreu – Real Canoe 13:10 (3:1, 3:2, 6:4, 1:3)
Sant Andreu: Bofill 4, Paul 2, Montes 2, Gomez 2, Bustos 1, Stiling 1, Exequiel 1.
Real Canoe:Camarena 3, R. Fernandez 2, Alcon 1, De Grado 1, V. Fernandez 1, Romero 1, Acosta 1.
The clash of Mediterrani and Sabadell was a pretty even contest, but Sabadell was leading for most of the time. In the middle of the second quarter, it stood 3:3. After that, Sabadell made a 4:1 series for a 7:4 lead(22nd minute). Mediterrani managed to reduce the gap to 1, in its first possession in the last quarter (6:7), but the visitors managed to keep the slim lead until the end. Sabadell entered the last minute leading 9:7, while Mediterrani’s 8th goal came too late – 13 seconds from the end.
Barcelona stunned Mataro with an opening 7:1 lead. But, the visitors refused to lie down and die. They started climbing back step-by-step. Four minutes before the end, Mataro trailed just by a goal (10:11). Estrany doubled Barceloneta’s advantage to 12:10 with two minutes to go. Yanez converted a penalty for Mataro’s consolation goal 11 seconds before the final buzzer.
Leader Barceloneta, playing without a few main stars (Perrone, Aleksic, Bodegas, Mallarach, goalkeeper Lopez…), demolished last-placed Tenerife – 19:5.
Terrassa had an easy task against Navarra – 23:7.
1 Barceloneta 10 – 30
2 Sabadell 10 – 24
3 Terrassa 10 – 22
4 Barcelona 10 – 22
5 Mediterrani 10 – 18
6 Mataro 10 – 18
7 Sant Andreu 10 – 12
8 Catalunya 10 – 9
9 Real 10 – 6
10 Navarra 10 – 3
11 Tenerife 10 – 0
