Guadalajara 27-36 Barça: League title closer

The league is just a step away. The Barça handball team won 36-27 away at Guadalajara in a tough encounter that swung the way of Carlos Ortega's team in the second half. Dika Mem top scored for the blaugranes with 8 goals. 

FC Barcelona now just need one more to claim the title with the next gam against Granollers at the Palau on 4 April at 7pm CEST. 

Decisive second half 

Just 48 hours on from their win against Ademar León on Thursday, Barça struggled early on at Guadalajara with the home side taking an 11-9 lead. However, the blaugranes came storming back and moved to a 16-14 lead at half time. 

It was in the second half that the visitors' class took over. A 28-23 lead turned into a 35-27 advantage with the blaugranes adding just one more in the final minutes to round off the win. 

MATCH STATS 

GUADALAJARA, 27

BARÇA, 36

Guadalajara: Nicolás García, Jose Luís Román, Haitz Gorostidi, Juan Antonio Jodar, Santi Simón, Nemanja Jovic, Jakub Sladkowski -starting seven- Jorge Blanco (gk), Vicente Manuel Poveda, Pancho Lombardi, Manuel Falcón, Óscar Moreno, Jesús Arribas, Miguel Llorens, Álvaro García.

Barça: Filip Saric, Blaz Janc, Dika Mem, Thiagus Petrus, Jonathan Carlsbogard, Luis Frade, Hampus Wanne -starting seven- Pol Valera, Aitor Ariño, Timothey N'Guessan, Adrian Sola, Adrian Sola, Melvyn Richardson, Petar Cikusa, Javier Rodríguez.