División de Honor Masculina | Preview of Matchday 12
Last matchday of 2024 in the División de Honor Masculina. With the spots already confirmed for the next Copa del Rey, the second half of the top national category begins. With two games already played in advance (SolarTradex CN Mataró 21-20 CE Mediterrani and CN Rubí 12-18 Zodiac CN At. Barceloneta), the following three matches are scheduled for Friday and Saturday: CN Sant Andreu-Santa Cruz Tenerife Echeyde (Friday, 21:15), CN Caballa-Ciudad de Ceuta-CN Terrassa (11:00), and EPlus CN Catalunya-Geodesic Real Canoe (18:00). The CN Barcelona-KEIO CN Sabadell match remains pending (29/01, 20:45).
Both CN Sant Andreu and Santa Cruz Tenerife Echeyde aim to end the year with a victory. But only one of them will succeed. With the guaranteed pass to the next Copa del Rey, both teams will face each other this Friday, December 20th, starting at 21:15. The Canarian team leads by four points, ranking seventh. Juan Carlos Sanchón's players need a win to get closer.
In Ceuta (Saturday, 11:00), CN Caballa will seek to resist against a theoretically superior opponent from the upper part of the table, CN Terrassa. The team from Terrassa, fourth with 24 points, doesn't want to lose the trail of the top 3 in the División de Honor and will try to prevail against the newly promoted team that narrowly missed the Copa del Rey.
EPlus CN Catalunya, in need of points, will host Geodesic Real Canoe NC (Saturday, 18:00). Separated by just one point at the bottom of the standings, it would be crucial for both teams to finish 2024 with a victory and move away from the bottom place. Both teams are coming from defeats in Matchday 11 against Barcelona and Barceloneta and are eager to bounce back.
An exciting duel is set for January 29th between the current third-placed team, KEIO CN Sabadell, and the second-placed CN Barcelona. Only two points separate the Spanish water polo's founding father from the current standings.
RFEN Communication. Photo: Image from CNB-Geodesic Canoe on Thursday / CN Barcelona
