08.02.2009 09:10

Three points picked up at Les Comes (0-2)

Sònia de Alba

Barça Sorli Discau remains top of the OK League after picking up three points from a hard-fought game against Igualada with goals by Borregán and Masoliver.

The roller hockey side dedicated their win at Les Comes to second coach Sergi Macià, who was absent after his father Ramon Macià, an ex-Barça player, passed away on Thursday.

Barça defended solidly against a lively Proinosa Igualada attack. Goals by Borregán in the first half and Masoliver in the last minute of the game kept them on top of the OK League, but the Barça captain got his marching orders late on with a straight red card.

Building pressure

Both Proinosa Igualada and Barça Sorli Discau came out all guns blazing and keepers Albert Balagué and Aitor Egurrola had their work cut out. Edu Fernández, who was always dangerous, and Alberto Borregán put them to the test.

Beto opens the scoring

It was the Barça captain who scored the first goal. With numerical superiority on the counterattack (Sergi Panadero had fallen with two home players previously) David Páez flicked the ball behind his back to Lluís Teixidó who picked out Borregán on the other side of the court. Beto calmly flicked the ball past Balagué.

Right after the goal Jordi Creus accidentally received a blow in the face from Borregán’s stick, but the referees took no action much to the disgust of the home crowd.

Upping the tempo

Neither side would take a backward step, and the chances flew thick and fast though some exceptional play did not lead to any more goals.

Yet both sides almost scored on several occasions. One of the best chances fell to Masoliver on the break but his shot hit the post and then the bar.

The teams went into the break with Barça still a goal to the good. On the restart the game was just as intense as before halftime.

A collision between Panadero and Marc Navarro meant the Igualada player needed medical treatment after hitting the courtside board and hurting his arm.

Borregán sees red

Igualada continued to pressurise Egurrola’s goal but the visitor’s goaltender kept everything out.

Things took a turn for the worse for Barça Sorli Discau when Alberto Borregán got a red card for arguing with the referees and had to watch the end of the game from the dressing room tunnel.

Right to the end

The game continued to be played at 100 mph but the clock was ticking down and in the last minute Miquel Masoliver made it 0-2 as Barça ran out winners and remain leaders of the OK League.