Decisive day for the five Catalan teams in the Women’s Champions League

The Women’s water polo Champions League This Saturday is a decisive day for the Catalan teams, who seek to position themselves for attack the pass to the Final Four in many weeks. Four of the five participants depend on themselves to reach the semifinals European and fight for a triple Catalan presence that would be historic in them and they aspire to take a new step in that objective before the competition stops until the February month to replace the European and World Cup on the calendar in 2024.

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The current European runner-up, We reach Mataró, is the one who has the best situation in his group. Maresme’s team leads group B with 9 points, five ahead of Ethnikos and 6 over Ferencvaros. They face each other in the El Sorrall pool, killing the bottom player Tigra Eger (this Saturday, 13:00), which accumulates 2 points. Thus, a victory would leave Mataró with a foot and a half in the Final Four, while if this were joined by a victory on penalties for Ferencvaros against Ethnikos, the classification would be mathematical.

Dani Ballart She will have all her players at her disposal, who are going through a great moment of form at this point in the season. After two defeats in the initial phase of the campaign in national competitions, Mataró is showing an increasing level of play that is not finding opposition so far from its European rivals. Assolim’s scoring machine, led in this Champions League by an imperial team Rita Keszthelyiis a very favorite against a Tigra Eger with many defensive problems and who has in Dorottya Szilagyi and in Natasha Lendvai to their references.

If Mataró’s situation is very good, the current champion is not far behind Astralpool Sabadell. Those of David Palma They lead group B with 9 points, four ahead of the Mulhouse (this Saturday, 8pm). They visit their French rival on this day, so a win would leave them seven up with nine at stake and possibly six ahead of Alimos Nac Betsson, with the virtual passport more than in their backpack waiting for the duel of the second round against the Greeks.

Sabadell’s objective will be to try to correct the errors that condemned them to a close match in the previous away match against Dunaujvaros. In it, the Vallesan team did not know how to decide the game in its favor in the last quarter, it was not successful in its superiority and saw how the Hungarian team had the final option to seek a tie. Improving defense will be key to this, with a tremendously decisive attack with Judith Forca, Irene Gonzalez, Bea Ortiz and Sophia Giustini commanding.

Sant Andreu and Terrassa, to secure the first Catalan team in the Final Four

Beyond the options that Mataró and Sabadell have to practically leave their qualification for the Final Four, the truth is that the mathematical option of a Catalan first team reaching the semifinals comes from group A. Saint Andrew and the terrace They aspire to maintain their head to head for the first position and, therefore, if they both win on this day it will be real that only the two of them will be able to aspire to go to the penultimate round.

He Saint Andrew leads the group with 8 points after suffering to win on penalties last day against SIS Roma, bottom with 1. terrace, meanwhile, is second with 6, ahead of Orizzonte’s 3 after beating them 10-8 in the Àrea Olímpica. The Barcelona women now receive those from Catania at Pere Serrat, while the Egarenses travel to Rome. A double victory would take the two Italian teams out of the race for first position.

He Saint Andrew will have a great day when he receives the historic Orizzonte (this Saturday, 7pm) with the confidence of the victory achieved on Italian soil by a tight 10-11 on the first day. The sisters Ruiz, Elena and Ariadnawill once again lead the team Javi Aznarwhich is taking into account Martina Terre to another unbalancing woman in this Champions League. Defense will be essential to try to stop the powerful Italian team again, with Bronte Halligan, Dafne Bettini, Claudia Marletta or Giulia Viacavaamong other.

For his part, the terrace of Xavi Perez He knows that to continue in the fight he cannot fail at home against the bottom team SIS Rome (this Saturday, 1:30 p.m.) after their vital victory against Orizzonte. Despite this, the Italians already gave a scare the day before Sant Andreu and come with an increasing game in this Champions League, in which they have been adjusting their attack. Chiara Ranalli, Giuditta Galardi or Anna Gual They will be some of the dangerous women of a Terrassa that will try to dominate the internal game with Paula Camus to facilitate the options of its frontline women such as Pili Peña, Nina Ten Broek or Isabel Piralkova.

The Mediterranean, in fear of the first victory

The one who has already said goodbye to that goal of fighting for the Final Four is the Mediterranean of Marian Diaz. With their young team, the Barcelona team seeks to continue growing in a fourth day in which they receive the Vouliagmeni griego (este sábado, 18:00) in a suffered group phase: in it they have not scored and are last behind Olympiacos (9 points), Vouliagmeni itself (6) and UVSE (3), therefore without options to fight for first place.

The ‘Medi’ have lost in their three games in the first round. The 10-7 defeat in Budapest was especially painful, where a lethal last quarter made the score go from 4-7 for Sants’ team to 10-7. Therefore, correcting this lack of fluidity in attack will be key for the Catalan team, which will also need the appearance in attack of women like Paula Prats or Clara Espar to accompany Daniela Moreno. Kitty Joustra, Amy Ridge and Eleni Elliniadi They will be some of the attacking leaders of the Greek team.