The 5th round of the Spanish Liga Premaat brought a few interesting games. Reigning champion Barceloneta was the only team which convincingly beat its rival.
Quadis Mataro – Barceloneta 4:15 (1:4, 0:4, 1:3, 2:4)
Quadis Mataro: Yanez 3, Guimaraes 1.
Barceloneta: Granados 4, Perrone 3, Larumbe 3, Mallarach 2, Munarriz 1, Aleksic 1.
Barcelona – Sant Andreu 13:11 (3:3, 3:3, 4:4, 3:1)
Barcelona: Delgado 5, Marsal 2, Duric 2, Van den Burg 1, Idarraga 1, Flores 1, Goma Esforzado 1.
Sant Andreu: Paul Garcia 3, Stiling 2, Gomez 1, Tenorio 1, Bofill 1.
Catalunya – Mediterrani 6:10 (0:0, 4:3, 1:3, 1:4)
Mediterrani: Perez 3, Garcia 2, Gorria 2, Frigola 2, Minguell Alfarez 1.
Catalunya: Prat 2, Gasulla 2, Cuacos 1, Gascon 1.
Terrassa – Sabadell 6:4 (2:0, 0:0, 2:1, 2:3)
Terrassa: Sanahuja 1, Mora 1, Alarcon 1, Aguilar 1, Barroso 1. Gutierrez 1.
Sabadell: Carrillo 1, Gabriel 1, Valera 1, Lopez-Escribano 1.
Navarra –Tenerife 7:6 (2:1, 2:2, 1:1, 2:2)
Navarra: Carales 2, Rodriguez 1, Esteban 1, Fernandez 1, Arriazu 1, Domonkos 1.
Tenerife: Zurita 2,San Martin 1. Sunde 1, Simon 1, Sousa 1.
Real Canoe bye
Three quarters of the encounter between Barcelona and Sant Andreu passed in a balanced battle. Before the last period, the rivals were at the same starting point – 10:10. Barcelona opened the fourth quarter with two goals for 12:10, while Adria Delgado scored his 5th goal 59 seconds from the end and Barcelona built a 13:10 lead. Sant Andreu’s 11th goal came too late.
Terrassa and Sabadell faced off in Terrassa’s pool. The home team had a 3:0 lead in the middle of the third quarter. Sabadell its first goal scored 2:50 before the end of the third quarter and then started climbing back step-by-step. The visitors came very close (4:5) in the 30th minute. But, quickly after that, Terrassa’s Alarcon found the net for the final score – 6:4.
Catalunya hosted Mediterrani and opened the match very well. After a goalless first period, Catalunya had a 4:3 lead at halftime. However, Mediterrani, the favourite in this match, dominated the second half and recorded a 10:6 victory.
Navarra defeated Tenerife after a hard battle – 7:6 to take its first three points and pushed Tenefire to the last place.
1 Terrassa 5 – 13
2 Barceloneta 4 – 12
3 Barcelona 4 – 10
4 Mediterrani 5 – 9
5 Sabadell 4 – 6
6 Sant Andreu 5 – 6
7 Catalunya 5 – 6
8 Mataro 5 – 6
9 Real Canoe 4 – 3
10 Navarra 4 – 3
11 Tenerife 5 – 0
