Spain's top 4 make no mistake

The top of the table in the Spanish league made no mistake in the 5th round played on Saturday. Terrassa still leads the league with three competitors close behind. All enjoyed comfortable wins this weekend with only Real Canoe playing a tough match hosting Sant Andreu. The visitors took a 0-1 lead afer the first quarter but from then saw Real Canoe gradually taking control to eventually come out on top 6-4. In the battle of the bottom ranked sides Poble Nou posted a large 13-3 win over AR Concepcion at home. In other matches Terrassa rolled past Catalunya in especially a dominant display in the third period with Sergi Mora as top scorer netting 5. Barceloneta enjoyed an equally easy afternoon even scoring one more in their match-up with Mediterrani: 19-6. Already after the opening period (6-1) the victory was certain and never endangered. League top scorer Albert Español added 5 goals to his total to now stand at 18. Sabadell had no trouble overcoming Navarra. Right from the start the home side's intentions became evident and with Eric Marsal leading his team on offence scoring 5, Sabadell could work on their goal difference. Mataro Quadis also posted a convincing victory as Barcelona was unable to keep up with the home squad after a balanced opening quarter: 2-2. French international Mehdi Marzouki (3), Pere Estrany and Pau Schnizler (2 each) led Barcelona in the remainder as they ran away and never looked back to win 12-4. 


5th round

Saturday 01-11:

C.N. Atletic-Barceloneta vs. C.E. Mediterrani 19-6 (6-1, 2-1, 6-3, 5-1)
Barceloneta scorers: Albert Español 5, Bernardo Oneto 3, Felipe Perrone 2, Gonzalo Echenique 2, Nemanja Ubovic 2, Roger Tahull 2, Balazs Sziranyi, Marc Minguell, Marc Roca.

Mediterrani scorers: Ricardo Aguiran 2, Nelson Eduardo Bejarano, Marc Larumbe, Roc Ferrer, Pol Hodaly.

C.N. Mataro Quadis vs. C.N. Barcelona 12-4 (2-2, 3-1, 4-0, 3-1)
Mataro scorers: Mehdi Marzouki 3, Pere Estrany 2, Pau Schnizler 2, Marc Corbalan, Victor Fernandez, Pol Barbena, Pau Bach, Albert Merino.

Barcelona scorers: Ruud van der Horst, Jorn Winkelhorst, Joel Esteller, Victor Flores.

C.N. Sabadell vs. C.D. Waterpolo Navarra 16-7 (4-1, 5-3, 5-1, 2-2)
Sabadell scorers: Eric Marsal 5, Victor Cabanas 3, Marc Soler 2, Carlos Sanchez 2, Jesse Koopman, Sebastiaan van Mil, Abraham Alcaide, Borja Fenoy.

Navarra scorers: Asier Esteban 3, Matthew Small 2, Jaim Arriazu, Julen Artola.

C.N. Terrassa vs. C.N. Catalunya 18-6 (3-1, 2-1, 8-1, 5-3)
Terrassa scorers: Sergi Mora 5, Ricard Alarcon 3, Oscar Aguilar 2, Francesc Sanchez 2, Xavier Serra, Esteban Gomez, Agusti Pericas, Ivan Gallego, Ruben de Lera, David Gonzalez.

Catalunya scorers: Arpad Babay 2, Sergi Trilles 2, Gabor Egedi, Sergi Clols.

Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar vs. C.N. Sant Andreu 6-4 (0-1, 2-1, 2-1, 2-1)
Real Canoe scorers: Victor Gutierrez 2, Jose Javier Bustos 2, Alberto Barroso, Alejandro Bustos.

Sant Andreu scorers: Jaime J. Peiro, Ivan Losa, Arnau Escarre, Tomas Bruder.

C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers vs. A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal 13-3 (3-0, 5-1, 4-1, 1-1)
Poble Nou scorers: Miguel Hernando 4, Francisco Molina 3, Ivan Alejandro Idarraga 2, Marc Ribot 2, Jose Antonio Avalos, Joshua Montpeat.

AR Concepcion scorers: Eugenio de Grado, Marcos Sanchez, Alberto Fernandez.

The standings are now as follows:

1. C.N. Terrassa 5 - 13 pts
2. C.N. Atletic-Barceloneta 5 - 12
3. C.N. Sabadell 5 - 12
4. Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar 5 - 12
5. C.E. Mediterrani 5 - 9
6. C.N. Barcelona 5 - 7
7. C.N. Sant Andreu 5 - 7
8. C.N. Mataro Quadis 5 - 6
9. C.N. Catalunya 5 - 4
10. C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers
11. C.D. Waterpolo Navarra 5 - 3
12. A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal

Top scorers:

1. Albert Español (Barceloneta) - 18 goals
2. Eric Marsal (Sabadell) - 16
2. Sergi Mora (Terrassa) - 16
4. Arpad Baby (Catalunya) - 15