Barcelona has finally suffered the first league defeat in ASOBAL league. They have been defeated away at Ciudad Real with 30-27, with outstanding performance from Sterbik and Hombrados for the home side. The game started quite equal, with the first notable advantage for the home team 12-9, and up to the maximum 22-17. In the end they had to satisfy themself with 3 goals victory, with Kiril Lazarov and Alberto Entrerios also showing good performance for the home team.
This means that the promotion of Barcelona as champions will be delayed, and also marks a continuation of a very good run of Ciudad at their home Quijote arena, the last defeat to occur exactly at the hands of Barcelona in 2004.
