Most of the matches of the 6th round of the Spanish League were one-sided contests. Titleholder Barceloneta convincingly beat Terrassa 15:8, while there were a lot of thrills in Madrid, where Real Canoe hosted Mataro.
Spanish Championship 2019/20, Day 6
Barceloneta – Terrassa 15:8 (3:3, 2:1, 6:3, 4:1)
Barceloneta: Granados 5, Tahull 3, Perrone 2, Munarriz 1, Larumbe 1, De Toro 1, Aleksic 1, Fernandez 1.
Terrassa: Alarcon 2, Pericas 2, Aguilar 1, Sanahuja 1, Prieto 1, Gutierrez 1.
Real Canoe – Mataro 9:10 (2:2, 3:4, 3:3, 1:1)
Real Canoe: Camarena 3, Alcon 2, Garcia 2, V. Fernandez 1, Lorrio 1.
Quadis Mataro: Yanez 3, Veich 2, Corbalan 1, V. Fernandez 1, Minguez 1, Codina 1, Guimaraes 1.
Sabadell – Catalunya 17:2 (4:0, 3:0, 4:1, 6:1)
Sabadell: F. Valera 4, R. Valera 3, Avramovic 2, Fenoy 2, V. Cabanas 2, S. Cabanas 1, Gabriel 1, Asensio 1, Farmer 1.
Catalunya:Soler 1, Prat 1.
Mediterrani – Navarra 18:4 (7:1, 3:0, 5:1, 3:2)
Mediterrani: Gorria 5, Roca 3, Galeev 2, Stevenson 2, Minguell 2, Frigola 1, Corres 1, Jo. Perez 1, Ja. Perez 1.
Navarra:Carales 2, Rodriguez 1, Esteban 1.
Tenerife – Barcelona 9:22 (1:7, 3:6, 3:4, 2:5)
Tenerife: Zurita 2, San Martin 1, Gutierrez 1, Savio 1, Sousa 1, Caldas 1, Salvador 1, Mercado 1.
Barcelona: Flores 4, Goma 4, Estrany 3, Delgado 3, Esteller 3, Ferrer 1, Idarraga 1, Duric 1, Marsal 1, Trilles 1.
Sant Andreu bye
The match of the day was an encounter between the clubs that compete in the Champions League. Barceloneta hosted Terrassa. Reigning champion celebrated a big 15:8 win, despite the visitors kept up with the favourites for more than two quarters. Even Terrassa’s goalkeeper Inaki Aguilar scored a goal. It happened 15 seconds before the end of the 1st period for 3:3.
In the middle of the third period, the sides were tied at 6:6. But, from that point on, Barceloneta dominated. By the end of this period, Barceloneta jumped to a 10:7 lead and controlled everything in the last eight minutes for a 15:8 win. Alvaro Granados was the top scorer with 5 goals.
The most interesting game of the round was played in Madrid. Mataro visited the capital of Spain to face Real Canoe. Mataro built a 3-goal advantage in the 2nd quarter (6:3). Real was climbing back from time to time, but it couldn’t equalise. Mataro took the points with a narrow 10:9 win.
Barcelona, Mediterrani and Sabadell trashed their respective opponents.
1 Barceloneta 5 – 15
2 Barcelona 5 – 13
3 Terrassa 6 – 13
4 Mediterrani 6 – 12
5 Sabadell 5 – 9
6 Mataro 6 – 9
7 Sant Andreu 5 – 6
8 Catalunya 6 – 6
9 Real Canoe 5 – 3
10 Navarra 5 – 3
11 Tenerife 6 – 0
