The Oviedo Badminton Club is rearming for the final stretch of the first phase, in which it aspires to qualify for the play-offs for the title, which it currently holds. To that end, he has recruited Fran Dacal, one of the club’s founders, who in the last two years directed the Lima High Performance Center and was Peru’s coach at the last Tokyo Olympics. “The results have left us in a complicated position, but there are still options for everything, and the last three days are vital,” Dacal points out ahead of this afternoon’s confrontation against the leader, IES La Orden (Tudela Agüeria, 5:30 p.m.) . “We have to win, let’s play against whoever we play,” says player Claudia Leal.
Unicaja Banco Gijón receives La Salud at 7:00 p.m. in a match in which Aida Palicio reappears and in which the women from Gijón are clear favorites, since the rival has only won one game in the entire first round. For her part, Lorena Zarco will finally undergo surgery next Monday, instead of the 22nd, and thus she will be able to advance her return to the field a few days.
In the Men’s First Division, Finetwork Gijón, after a defeat and a draw in the last two days, visits the Vetusta field (7:00 p.m.), in a derby between two teams that play very entertaining handball and in which the people of Gijón want to return to the path of victory. The other First team from Gijón, the IMQ Group, rests this day.
