Energy restrictions in the Izarraitz

Julen Martija’s right winger had just headed for the upper mattress when fifty children began their race towards the center of the Izarraitz pitch. They jumped as if the starter had fired the pistol. They cornered the four protagonists, who threw their wristbands in the air in order to finally find enough space to greet each other.

Unai Laso and Mariezkurrena II won 22-16 against Joseba Ezkurdia and Martija in a stellar match that did not finish hooking the Azpeitia ball parish. He signed the champion manomanista hooks brand of the house. He clearly dominated his backcourt, very sure this time. He left Arbizu’s a couple of nice shots. Little baggage. Etxeberri’s defender resisted as best he could and as is customary for him. However, they lacked balance, real uncertainty, continuity and, above all, freshness.

Not only the children cornered the pelotaris. He gave the sensation that they played without the gas of other times, as if the energy restrictions had been implanted in the Izarraitz without prior notice.

The trot of the last week corners the organisms. For Laso it was his fourth match in seven days since the comeback after the muscle injury in the quadriceps. The last two, moreover, within a margin of 24 hours. Jon Mariezkurrena has only played one less, three, in that period. For Ezkurdia, summoned at the last minute to solve the injury of Altuna III, it was the fifth commitment in ten days. Martija jumped onto the pitch after suffering discomfort in her buttocks during her match the day before at Lekunberri.

It is the toll of the first summer after the pandemic. The professional hand recovers traditional places and the point of normality that it had lacked in the previous two years. The response from the public is positive, waiting for what fairs such as those in Vitoria, Bilbao and Donostia hold, already complex in the past prior to the coronavirus.

fell under its own weight

The star from Azpeitia fell under his own weight. They sent the rights of Laso and Mariezkurrena. They opened wide gaps on the pitch. They forced Ezkurdia and Martija to manage with many meters of separation between them. They neutralized the good start of the Aspe couple, ahead 5-7 after several interesting actions by the forward from Arbizu, author of a couple of goals from two walls with his left foot: in a lateral position the one from 4-3 and from below the from 5-6.

They were not enough to change the trend of the bets, inclined with faith and arguments towards those of Baiko, who reacted with a run of eight goals to go from the adverse 5-7 to the favorable 13-7. Supported by a diaphanous domain of Mariezkurrena, Laso took the offensive reins with accurate shots.

The intensity of Ezkurdia’s light lost strength as the minutes passed. With no clear finishing opportunities, forced to come into contact with the ball from afar and lacking in inspiration, he also made some clear mistakes. Only Laso’s fluctuations with his aim kept the advantage from growing too much and keeping the chase on the electronics, although it was clear that it would be fruitless.

It was a combination set up to attend the first duel this summer between Laso and Altuna. It could not be because of the blow to the left shoulder suffered by the player from Amezket last Friday in Getaria. With such a busy schedule and daily commitments, it was hard to find the right polish to keep the shine on brand new shoes.