The 11th round of the Spanish league has been the first round of the second stage of the championship at the same time.
After the 10th round, the clubs were split into two new groups – for the title (1st-6th place) and the relegation group (7th-12th).
2020/21 Spanish League, Day 11
Group C (places 1st-6th)
Terrassa – Sant Andreu 15:13 (5:6,5:2, 2:3, 3:2)
Terrassa: Alegre 3, Barroso 3, Alarcon 2, Prieto 2, Rodriguez 2, Pericas 1, Carillo 1, De Lera 1.
Sant Andreu:Bofill 4, Bustos 4, Paul 3, Montes 1, Tenorio 1.
Sabadell – Barcelona 7:8 (2:2, 0:4, 2:1, 3:1)
Sabadell: S.Cabanas 2, Sanahuja 1, Valera 1, Bertran 1, Lopez-Escribano 1.
Barcelona: Delgado 3, Van den Burg 1, Flores 1, Esteller 1, Estrany 1, Tahull 1.
Mediterrani – Barceloneta 6:16 (1:3, 2:5, 1:3, 2:5)
Mediterrani:Frigola 2, Gorria 1, Vujovic 1, Perez 1, A.Garcia 1.
Barceloneta: Granados 5, Perrone 3, Aleksic 2, Famera 1, Bodegas 1, Larumbe 1, Biel 1, De Toro 1, Scott 1.
Terrassa, which was 1st in Group A of the 1st phase, defeated Sant Andreu much harder than expected.
The match turned into a festival of goals shortly after the first whistle. Even 11 goals were scored in the first eight minutes.
Sant Andreu had a 2-goal lead (5:3 and 6:4) in the opening period. In the middle of the 2nd quarter, the visitors were still in front (8:7). But, Terrassa produced a 3:0 rush and earned a 10:8 lead before the middle break. The hosts controlled the match in the third period, but Sant Andreu opened the final quarter with an equalizer (12:12). Still, Terrassa responded with two goals for 14:12. The visiting team reduced the gap in the 31st minute (13:14), but it couldn’t equalize once more. Terrassa’s Rodriguez closed the match 17 seconds from the end for the final score (15:13).
The big match of the day, Sabadell-Barcelona, was held earlier since both clubs played European matches in the LEN Euro Cup yesterday.
After a balanced first period, Barcelona stunned Sabadell with four unanswered goals in the second quarter. Sabadell put a lot of effort into a comeback, but Barceloneta kept the win. Two and a half minutes before the end, Barcelona jumped to an 8:5 lead. Sabadell scored two goals in the remaining time, but the 7th goal came too late – 21 seconds from time.
Barceloneta defeated Mediterrani with ease.
1 Barceloneta 5 – 15
2 Terrassa 5 – 12
3 Barcelona 5 – 12
4 Sabadell 5 – 6
5 Sant Andreu 5 – 0
6 Mediterrani 5 – 0
(The results of the encounters between the clubs that played in the same group of the first phase were ”carried” to the 2nd stage)
Group D (places 7th – 8th)
Real Canoe – Tenerife 13:9 (4:0, 3:4, 2:4, 4:1)
Real Canoe: R. Fernandez 3, Camarena 2, De Grado 2, Lorrio 2, Acosta 2, V.Fernandez 1, Alcon 1.
Echeyde Tenerife: Espanol 5, Andjelic 2, Magrina 1, Susak 1.
Catalunya – Navarra 13:8 (2:2, 4:2, 3:2, 4:2)
Catalunya: Cuacos 3, Ferrer 2, Ponferradda 2, Prat 2, Idarraga 1, Gasulla 1, Andrade 1, Linares 1.
Navarra: Carales 3, Arizaga 1, J.Fernandez 1, Arriazu 1, Contreras 1, Rodriguez 1.
Sant Feliu – Mataro on March 6
Real Canoe opened the game against Tenerife with a 4:0 lead. After the first break, Tenerife started coming back. The visitors managed to equalize twice in the third quarter (7:7 and 8:8), but Real earned a new 4-goal lead (12:8) with 04:51 minutes to go and kept the distance until the final buzzer.
Catalunya and Navarra were in a neck-and-neck race until 6:6. The hosts secured a win with four consecutive goals in a span of 03:26 minutes (the final minutes of the third and the opening of the fourth period). They went up 10:6, and that proved vital for their win.
7 Catalunya 5 – 13
8 Mataro 4 – 12
9 Real Canoe 5- 10
10 Tenerife 5 – 4
11 Navarra 5 – 1
12 Sant Feliu 4 – 0
(The results of the encounters between the clubs that played in the same group of the first phase were ”carried” to the 2nd stage)
The league will be continued on March 20. In the meantime, the final tournament of the Spanish Cup will be held (March 14-16)
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