Logroño La Rioja 28-38 Barça: Marching onwards

FC Barcelona did it again in the Liga ASOBAL. 12 games and 12 wins, this time at the home of the historic Logroño La Rioja, the icing on the cake after beating HC Zagreb in the EHF Champions League the other day.

11th placed Logroño have been having a bad run of results of late, but still managed to give Barça a game, but an away win always looked like the only realistic outcome. With Pérez de Vargas making some crucial saves, the 21-14 lead at half-time already looked more than definitive.

Firing in goals at a rate of 11 in as many minutes, there was no let-up in the second half, including one amazing goal from Pérez de Vargas from his own goal. The final minutes saw some of the less regularly used players to get a run-out.

Next up is a game back at the Palau Blaugrana against seventh-placed Ángel Ximénez-Puente Genil.

MATCH STATS

Logroño La Rioja, 28
Barça, 38

Logroño La Rioja: Biescas, Cadarso, El Korchi, Fernandez, Garcia, Ledo, Modi, Pelegrin, Pergel, Ponciano, Preciado, Romeo, Salim, Urios Gonzales & Zaja.

Barça: P. de Vargas, Richardson, Janc, Petrus, Rodríguez, N’Guessan, Wanne, Bazán, Palomino, Ariño, Nielsen, Jan Blas, Martín Duque, Makuc, Ortega, Frade & Cikusa.

Periods: 3-4; 5-8; 7-11; 12-17; 14-21// 14-22; 16-28; 21-31; 23-33; 27-36; 28-38.