Barça 41-24 Puerto Sagunto: Resounding home win to end the year

After being crowned winter champions of the Liga Asobal, Barça completed the final game of the year with another great win at the Palau Blaugrana against Puerto Sagunto (41-24). Carlos Ortega can now look forward to the Copa Asobal and Europe in January, with the domestic competition not returning until February.

Even start

Barça came out strongly and scored in just 40 seconds against Cikusa. Pérez de Vargas stood tall in goal and made five saves in five minutes. The Valencians, however, showed bravery and the score remained close after 10 minutes (6-5).

The visitor's resistance lasted a further five minutes, but then Carlos Ortega's side stepped up the pace to go four goals up (10-6, min. 16). Puerto Sagunto couldn't stop Barça and were losing the ball, and ended up going in 12 goals down at the break, Blaz Janc top scoring in the half.

Same again after the break

Toni Malla's side clawed back two goals after the restart, but the blaugranes continued to dominate, with Emil Nielsen also omnipresent in goal.

Barça again stepped up the pace to increase the lead, winger Oriol Zarzuela scoring five goals with great accuracy to aid the cause. Ultimately Carlos Ortega's side cruised to a comfortable win to celebrate a good first half of the season with 17 goals the difference.

GAME STATS

Barça, 41
Puerto Sagunto, 24

Barça: Pérez de Vargas (1), Janc (5), D. Cikusa (5), J. Gallego (0), Carlsbogard (3), N'Guessan (2), Wanne (3) - starting seven - Pol Valera (2), Dika Mem (4), Aitor Ariño (2), Zarzuela (5), Langaro (4), Richardson (2), P. Cikusa (0), Javier Rodríguez (3), Emil Nielsen (0)

Puerto Sagunto: Dani Martínez (0), Jaume Pujol (5), Aron Diaz (3), Adrián Nolasco (2), Carlos Pueyo (1), Guillem Correro (2), David Lopez (1) - starting seven - Nil Montserrat (1), Lander Simon (0), David Garcia (2), Vicente Manuel Poveda (4), Javier Olivares (0), Diego Olba (3), Luka Krivokapic (0)

Partial scores: 3-1, 6-5, 9-6, 11-8, 15-9, 22-10 // 24-12, 26-17, 31-20, 34-21, 38-22, 41-24

Referees: Raul Escoda Pérez and Oriol Álvarez Boixaderas. Two minutes: Carlos Pueyo (Puerto Sagunto)