Ángel Ximénez de Puente Genil could not start the 2024-2024 season in a positive way, as he was beaten at the Miguel Salas on his league debut against Ademar León. A match in which they were leading the scoreboard for 57 minutes and he escaped at the endvictim of a rigorous refereeing performance and the efficiency of the young visiting goalkeeper Álvaro Pérez, key in the second half.
In the first half, Ángel Ximénez seemed much superior to his rival from the beginning of the match, although it is true that in the first fifteen minutes the score remained close. The Pontanes were very strong in defense, which prevented Ademar León from scoring easily. In fact, those of Dani Gordo, They lived thanks to Carlos Alvarez’s 7-yard goal to stay in the game.
With a goal from Rodrigo Pérez, taking advantage of a situation of numerical superiority, the Leonese would equalize at six before the half of the first act. A first half in which the Bustos team and its supporters protested a lot and rightly so against the excessive number of exclusions suffered by the Pontanenses in the first half. Up to a total of five, with Keita and Sousa as the most affectedDespite these setbacks, goals from frontline players like Aizen, Domingo Mosquera and Janosi and the direction of play from Simonet allowed Ximénez to go into the locker room with a four-goal lead (15-11).
After going through the locker room, the Leonese team would try to react after seeing how, with a goal from Janosi, Ximénez would manage to take their biggest advantage in the match (16-11). The Hungarian became the real offensive bulwark of the locals who would maintain, thanks to these goals, the difference in their favor. (21-17, minutes 40). The visitors stepped up their game and, in addition, their coach introduced a defensive variation with the 5:1.
However, the Bustos team continued to be very solid in their game, always ahead of the electronics and with a spectacular defense. At 23-19, we enter the last quarter of an hour of the game. Shortly after, the local coach would ask for a timeout because Ademar would be only two behind after two consecutive goals from Darío Sanz and Wasiak (the best of the Leonese). The situation would become even more complicated because after a goal from Serrano from seven meters, Darío Sanz and Carlos Álvarez, both from the extreme, put Ademar only one (24-23) with twelve minutes to go.
The game had become a real street runner, which did not benefit the Pontanos. Ademar would manage to equalize at 25 thanks to a goal from Alberto Martín and it was at that moment that the figure of Pablo Simonet would emerge. Two goals in a row for Ponta’s newest recruit and two saves from Tunisian Ben Tekaya, would give Ximénez the advantage again. Right at the end, Bernabéu completed the 3-0 that forced Dani Gordo to take the break.
Incomprehensibly, Ángel Ximénez would waste his advantage with several losses in attack that Ademar took advantage of to come back to the partial 0-3 and equalize at 28 with less than four minutes to play. Carlos Álvarez, from seven meters, gave Ademar his first advantage of the whole game three minutes from the end (28-29). There was a minute and a half left when Bustos called a timeout to try to score at least one point.
Janosi would quickly make it 29-29 but again, in the blink of an eye, Lodos would score 29-30. There was one minute left. In the next play, the referees, very protesting all afternoon, rushed to signal a foul when Simonet had beaten Álvaro Pérez.
The game ended with seven meters in favor that Dani Serrano would miss against the Leonese hero, goalkeeper Alvaro Perezkey with his interventions in the second half (56 percent efficiency). Lodos scored another goal on the horn and the points would fly away to León. A tough defeat to start the season.
Technical sheet
Angel Ximenez Puente Genil: From Hita; Keita (1), Bernabéu (3), Mosquera (3), Dani Ramos (2), Simonet (4) and Janosi (7) (seven starters) Ben Tekaya (ps); Claudio Ramos (1), Antonio Cabello (0), José Cuenca (0), Paco Andrés (1), Tiago Sousa (0), Dani Serrano (3, 1p) and Aizen (4)
Ademar Leon Bank: Barkhordari; Carlos Álvarez (10, 6p), Wasiak (7, 2p), Darío Sanz (4), Álex Lodos (2), Alberto Martín (3) and Popovic (0) (seven starters) Álvaro Pérez (ps); Linqvist (0), Javi Miñambres (0), Adrián Fernández (1), Rodrigo Pérez (3), Zapico (0), Álex Diaz (0) and Eduardo Fernández (1)
Partials every five minutes: 2-1/ 4-4/ 7-6/ 10-8/ 13-11/ 15-11 rest 17-14/ 21-17/ 23-20/ 25-24/ 28-27/ 29-31
Referees: Macías de Paz and Ruiz Vergara (Andalusian School). They excluded Keita (2), Sousa (2), Dani Serrano and Dani Ramos from the home side and Alberto Martín (2) and Adrián Fernández from the visitors’ side.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the 1st day of the Asobal Plénitude League played at the Alcalde Miguel Salas in the presence of 700 spectators
