Barceloneta dominates Mediterrani

The gap between the top 2 sides in Spain and their pursuers became even bigger after round 16 this weekend. Here reigning champions Barceloneta showed no mercy for recent 3rd ranked Mediterrani in a one-sided affair: 3-13. The Champions League Final hosts grabbed control right from the start and were never in endangered as they cruised to the comfortable win confirming their 2nd place on the table, still trailing Terrassa by 4 points. The league leaders made no mistake in the difficult away match against Catalunya. Top scorer Arpad Babay was held scoreless as former Spanish international Ivan Gallego led the charge for the visitors scoring 4 goals as Terrassa went on to win 8-11. Sant Andreu confirmed their status of dangerous contender at home as they edefeated Real Canoe 10-6 thanks to Lukas Duric and Tomas Bruder who scored 3 goals each for the home side. Also successful were Poble Nou who dominated last ranked AR Concepcion in Madrid. The home team was allowed to scoring just a one goal the entire match as Poble Nou walked away to a dominating 1-18 blowout win. Barcelona used a strong finish in the 4th quarter to edge fellow 6th place contenders Mataro Quadis 8-6. With the loss Mataro has now dropped to 9th place on the table. Sabadell remained in 3rd place thanks to a solid 5-10 victory over Navarra in Pamplona. A shaky start was erased from the 2nd period onwards as the visitors took control and won by 5. 

Spanish league
16th round

Saturday 21-02:

C.E. Mediterrani vs. C.N. Atletic-Barceloneta 3-13 (1-3, 0-4, 1-2, 1-4)
Mediterrani scorers: Marc Larumbe 2, Pol Hodaly.

Barceloneta scorers: Nemanja Ubovic 3, Francisco Fernandez 3, Felipe Perrone 3, Gonzalo Echenique 2, Balazs Sziranyi, Bernardo Oneto.

C.D. Waterpolo Navarra vs. C.N. Sabadell 5-10 (3-2, 1-3, 0-1, 1-4)
Navarra scorers: Aitor Rodriguez, Asier Esteban, Jaime Arriazu, Matthew Small, Julian Garcia.

Sabadell scorers: Marc Soler 3, Borja Fenoy 2, Sebastiaan van Mil, Carlos Sanchez, Abraham Alcaide, Vicente Matoso, Victor Cabanas.

C.N. Barcelona vs. C.N. Mataro Quadis 8-6 (1-0, 1-2, 1-3, 5-1)
Barcelona scorers: Guilherme Oneto 2, Miguel del Toro 2, Albert Asenjo, Joel Esteller, Jorn Winkelhorst, Victor Flores.

Mataro scorers: Victor Fernandez 3, Mehdi Marzouki 2, Marc Corbalan.

A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal vs. C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers 1-18 (0-5, 0-5, 0-3, 1-5)
Concepcion scorer: Jorge Ramos.

Poble Nou scorers: Marc Ribot 3, Ivan Alejandro Idarraga 3, Miguel Hernando 2, Joshua Montpeat 2, Ramin Santiveri 2, Francisco Molina 2, Jose Antonio Avalos, Mateu Diaz, Edgar Endrino, Jeronimo Firpo.

C.N. Sant Andreu vs. Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar 10-6 (3-0, 1-2, 2-2, 4-2)
Sant Andreu scorers: Lukas Duric 3, Tomas Bruder 3, Daniel Hernandez, Eric Fernandez, Samuel Balaz, Arnau Escarre.

Real Canoe scorers: Victor Gutierrez 2, Marcos Lorrio, Alberto Barroso, Alvaro Romero, Alejandro Bustos.

C.N. Catalunya vs. C.N. Terrassa 8-11 (3-4, 0-1, 4-2, 1-4)
Catalunya scorers: Sergi Trilles 3, Gabor Egedi 2, Adria Carabi 2, Marko Mijatovic.

Terrassa scorers: Ivan Gallego 4, Ricard Alarcon 2, Francesc Sanchez 2, Sergi Mora, Agusti Pericas, Ruben de Lera.

The standings are now as follows:

1. C.N. Terrassa 16 - 44 pts
2. C.N. Atletic-Barceloneta 16 - 40
3. C.N. Sabadell 16 - 33
4. C.E. Mediterrani 16 - 28
5. Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar 16 - 28
6. C.N. Barcelona 16 - 22
7. C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers 16 - 20
8. C.N. Sant Andreu 16 - 20
9. C.N. Mataro Quadis 16 - 19
10. C.N. Catalunya 16 - 17
11. C.D. Waterpolo Navarra 16 - 7
12. A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal

Top scorers:

1. Sergi Mora (Terrassa) - 50 goals
2. Albert Español (Barceloneta) - 40
2. Arpad Babay (Catalunya) - 40
4. Mehdi Marzouki (Mataro Quadis) - 37

Pictured: Mediterrani vs. Barceloneta.