The Zodiac Barceloneta debuted with victory in the group stage of the Champions League by winning by a clear 11-6 at Jadran Split, in its Sant Sebastià pool. Barceloneta always took the initiative on the scoreboard from the first quarter and even though they had the important absence of Alberto Munárriz, but especially with Marc Larumbe, the best player of the match, they did not notice his loss.
Elvis Fatovic’s team was always ahead, with goals from Felipe Perrone, Álvaro Granados from penalties and Marc Larumbe that gave an advantage (2-0 and 3-1) being only answered by two Croatian goals in the final stretch of the first quarter (3-2). Larumbe was the proper name of a second full quarter, with three goals to raise his personal score to four, plus the second penalty from Granados to complete the 4-0 partial for a resounding 7-2 in the middle of the match.
Goalkeeper Unai Aguirre, who made his Champions League debut, had much of the credit against a Jadran Split who at that point only took advantage of one of his eight superiorities. The Croats, led by Antonio Duzevic, woke up in the third quarter with two goals in a row that reduced Barcelona’s lead to 7-4.
The buoy Miguel de Toro returned the four rental goals and despite a new goal from Jadran, the third goal by Granados left the first win at the end of the period (9-5). If there was any slightest doubt, Óscar Asensio was there to score his first goal in his Champions League debut while Aguirre and the defense continued with their festival and they only let Duzevic score his third goal, half of those scored by those from Split.
The match ended as it began, with Felipe Perrone’s second goal, who opened and closed the match at the scorer level until the final 11-6. The second meeting of the sailors in group A of the Champions League will be on November 10 in Brescia.