Bathco BM Torrelavega 27-36 FC Barcelona: Solvent victory
Barça picked up a comfortable enough win this Saturday at Bathco BM Torrelavega with a dominant display from start to finish with the exception of a 5-minute period in the first half. Blaz Janc was the star of the show ahead of a huge Champions League clash against Porto on Thursday at 8.45pm CET.
Dika Mem, Hampus Wanne and the omnipresent Blaz Janc scored 13 of the 19 goals in the first 20 minutes, in which Barça built up a 5-goal lead but were then caught napping by a sudden Torrelavega revival that cut the difference back down to one.
But that momentary lapsus was soon confined to the past as the goals started to flow thicker and faster in the second half, and going into the last ten minutes, the 8-point advantage was as good as definitive. Danish keeper Emil Nielsen also excelled by stopping 11 of the 21 shots against him.
MATCH STATS
Bathco BM Torrelavega, 27.
Barça, 36.
Torrelavega: Carlos Calle (6), Isidoro Martínez (6), Daniel Ramos (4), Javier Lombilla (4), Miguel de Cos (2), Adrián Fernández (2), Javier Muñoz (4), Mile Mijuskovic (2), Fernando González (0), Pablo Paredes (0), Jokin Aja (1), , Alonso Moreno (0), Carlos Gómez (0), Facundo Cangiani (1), Oswaldo Maestro (2), Mikolaj Czaplinski (1).
Barça: Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (6), Dika Mem (5), Blaz Janc (7), Hampus Wanne (5), Timothey N'Guessan (2), Pol Valera (2), Javier Rodríguez (5), Emil Nielsen (11), Jonathan Carlsbogard (2), Aitor Ariño (2), Thiagus Petrus (0), Haniel Langaro (1), Oriol Zarzuela (1), Djordje Cikusa (0), Luis Frade (3), Petar Cikusa (1).
Periods: 0-1 / 3-5 / 6-10 / 9-13 / 13-16 / 18-19 / HT / 19-22 / 22-25 / 24-29 / 24-32 / 24-34 / 27-36.
Referees: Jesús Escudero and Jorge Escudero.