Elezkano II plays a dropshot with his left before Urrutikoetxea looks on. /
They reach the last matchday with options to enter the semi-finals directly after beating ‘Urruti’ and Aranguren in Bizkaia, who will play it out in Zalla
Elezkano II and Zabaleta continue in the fight for direct access to the Parejes semifinals. Those from Aspe beat Urrutikoetxea and Aranguren yesterday at the Bizkaia fronton, so they are once again leaders of the standings -although tied on points with Altuna III and Martija-, waiting for what happens today in the last game of the day in Tafalla. Those of Baiko could not with the serious proposal of their rivals, and they will play to continue in the competition in the last match of Zalla.
Those who wore blue started as favorites and fulfilled the script from the first hits. They came out on the field very focused and uncompromisingly displayed their arsenal to immediately open a gap on the scoreboard and show their rivals that they were going to have a very difficult afternoon. The striker was brave and successful in his actions. He moved the ball well. The defender sent in his plot. His was the first run of six goals that made it clear that they were not up for many concessions. It was what they were looking for to get rid of the pressure and it came out round. A pass from Elezkano II gave the first respite to their rivals, but the Colorados were unable to take advantage of their serve and immediately found themselves with three more goals against, forcing them to miss a break to try to cut the rhythm of their opponents.
They managed to reduce the difference somewhat because Urrutikoetxea chained three good actions, but they immediately took care of deactivating him. Zabaleta opened more gaps and his partner continued hitting to widen the scoreboard and return the waters to their normal course. In the first mandatory break, the Blues’ advantage was seven goals (5-12), and they always gave the feeling of having the situation under control.
Comfortable
In the second half of the game there were phases in which the striker from Baiko managed to take the game to his field and in this way they reduced the difference to five again (9-14), but playing in such a situation is not easy and he could not maintain regularity or generate more doubts to those of Aspe. I was at the limit and the Blues’ defense was good.
Elezkano II and Zabaleta followed suit. Etxarren’s player was comfortable and with his right foot he put the ball very far from the frontis. Aranguren tried with the air game, but he couldn’t hold him. In the happy tables there were so many in which a beautiful struggle was seen by both strikers, but most fell on the side of the current Couples champion. In this way, their advantage was extended to eight goals in the second break (10-18). Seeing that the clash eluded them, Urrutikoetxea took more risks but things did not work out for him. Zabaleta hit a ball on the rebound and a kick from Elezkano II put an end to the contest.
10
‘Urruti’-Aranfguren
Hits: 324
22
Elezkano II-Zabaleta
Total time: 48’13
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so many won
13-6 -
so many lost
4-7 -
so many serve
2-0 -
Scorekeeper:
0-6, 1-6, 1-9, 4-9, 4-10, 5-10, 5-12, 6-12, 6-13, 7-13, 7-14, 9-14, 9-17, 10-17, 10-22 -
Incidents:
451 spectators. -
Bets:
Double to single blue.
Irribarria and Rezusta against Laso and Imaz, an open grave duel
The last duel of the thirteenth day brings them. Irribarria and Rezusta face Laso and Imaz today (5:00 pm) in an open grave duel at the Tafalla fronton. The combination that wins will tie with the head of the Couples classification and will maintain its objective of being in the fight for direct access to the semifinals until the end, while the one that loses will make things quite complicated.
