The tight battle to avoid relegation dooms Bada Huesca

The curtain is closing on the Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL and the penultimate matchday resolved the fight for survival, confirming relegations and safeties, but without diminishing the excitement or intensity of the battles in the lower zone until the last minute of play. Bada Huesca's defeat against the newly crowned runner-up Dicorpebal Logroño La Rioja (25-31), combined with the simultaneous results in the other arenas of the Liga NEXUS ENERGÍA ASOBAL, mathematically confirmed the relegation of the Huesca team to the División de Honor Plata, ending their fifteen-season run in the professional competition.

The exhausted options are due to the wins by Cajasol Ángel Ximénez Puente Genil and Viveros Herol BM. Nava, with whom they have lost the head-to-head record, condemning them in a potential three-way tie. In Córdoba, the Pontan team played one of the most thrilling matches of this Matchday 29, facing Tubos Villa de Aranda in a direct survival clash. Dani Serrano emerged as the hero of the Córdoba night, giving his team a ‘breath of fresh air’ with a shot converted from nine meters to seal the 28-27 final score. Viveros Herol BM. Nava also secured a victory, relying on their fans to achieve a hugely valuable win against one of the sensations of the season, HORNEO BM. Alicante (34-32). Two-goal advantage and two points that allow the Segovian team to avoid direct relegation, pending avoiding the fourteenth position they currently occupy in the last matchday, which would force them to play a promotion match against a team from the División de Honor Plata.

At the Quijote Arena, Frigoríficos del Morrazo managed to salvage a point against Balonmano Caserío Ciudad Real in a very tight duel (28-28), allowing them to reach the last matchday with 20 points, depending on themselves to avoid having to play a potential promotion match. Additionally, REBI BM Cuenca, already mathematically safe, took a prestigious away win on the SANICENTRO BM Guadalajara court (33-34), with a final goal from Rajmond Toth that once again demonstrated the extreme competitiveness even without classification objectives at stake.