Barça 33–25 Bidasoa Irún: Home sweet home!

After 68 days, Barça's handball side returned to the Palau Blaugrana. Despite playing against Bidasoa Irún, an always difficult opponent, Barça continued their winning streak (33-25). Dika Mem and Víctor Tomàs, with five goals each, were the highest scorers for the hosts.

Barça started off well (16-11, min 20), but little by little Bidasoa Irún got back into it. By the half hour, the scores were level (17-17, min 30), but that gave the blaugranes the impetus to push on. An 8-1 run of scoring saw the hosts up 28-20 (min 51), and although Odriozola again reduced the lead, Barça didn't panic and saw out the match comfortably. 

MATCH DETAILS

Barça, 33
Bidasoa Irún, 25

Barça: Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Entrerríos, N’Guessan, Aleix Gómez, Dika Mem, Àlex Pascual, Ludovic Fabregas –starters- Moller (ps), Thiagus Petrus, Víctor Tomàs, Abel Serdio, Andersson, Pálmarsson, Ariño, Sorhaindo, Dolenec.

Bidasoa Irún: Rangel Luan, Adrian Crowley, Iker Serrano, Kauldi Odriozola, Rodrigo Salinas, Thomas Tesoriere, Da Silva –starters- Xoan Ledo (ps), Sergio De la Salud, Léo Renaud, Donát Bartók, Esteban Salinas, Iñaki Cavero, Gorka Nieto, Rudy Seri, Martín Santano.

Breakdown: 3-1, 7-4, 10-7, 14-10, 17-14, 17-17 (break), 19-18, 22-19, 25-19, 27-20, 30-23, 33-25 (final).

Officials: Rafael Alberto García Mosquera, Alberto Rodríguez Rodríguez.

Attendance: 1,285 spectators at the Palau Blaugrana.