«L’MVP and María Araújo of the Spar Girona ».
When the speaker of the Catalan Federation broke the silence of the bloodless Palau Blaugrana to announce that she had been the best player in the final, the Galician pivot of Uni was surprised. It is not uncommon for a player who had finished the match with 3 points to be chosen. People who make a lot of points are always highlighted, but yesterday the statistics (17 rating) rewarded the darkest work of a María Araújo who, with her own 11 rebounds, personified for example one of the great differentiating factors in the final won 69-61 against Cadí: the Girona’s superiority near basket (19 offensive rebounds). And, going beyond the game, Araújo’s game also goes well with the collective effort of basketball to get its head in the middle of the pandemic. An effort to continue competing and, surrounded by the essential health restrictions, to organize in the Palau Blaugrana a Catalan League that continues to consolidate the Spar Girona as the best women’s basketball team that there has never been a Catalonia. With yesterday’s, nine titles for the seven won by the historic University of Barcelona.
The continuity of Bernat Canut on the bench and Georgina Bahí on the court ensure that Cadí will maintain its identity as a club in the Sedís de la Seu d’Urgell. They always defend strong and play intense basketball. Thus, the Pyrenees were not frightened by the 7-0 start of the Uni or by the internal presence of Julia Reisingerova. The Czech center-back was the MVP of the Women’s League-1 final two seasons ago, just before leaving for Valencia, and yesterday he put on his shirt again, making it clear that, no matter how little he puts on tone physically, will be a absolutely decisive player for Girona (4 points and 7 rebounds in 22 minutes despite the 0/5 in free throws).
The points of Gala Mestres and Ari Pujol, between the two 16 of the 31 of his team at halftime, but especially the intensity of the Pyrenean game behind kept Cadí in the game, even at times ahead on the scoreboard, all and the difficulties they had to compensate for Girona’s strong presence in the area. Uni strokes were more consistent in the second half. And when the successes in the outside shot of Sonja Vasic, Eldebrink, Palau and, above all, of Paola Ferrari with four of four in triples were added to the second options that gave the dominance of the rebound, the game was finally decided . In the end, 69-61.
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