He Xerez Basketball CD paid very expensive the lack of success facing the hoop, especially in a third quarter to forget, and lost again after the good feelings shown against the Gymnástica Portuense that helped him to reap the first victory of the season.
He Peñarroya asserted the greatest cohesion of the group and his absolute power in painting, despite the significant loss of Antonio José Sevillano. The people from Cordoba took the victory of the Ruiz-Mateos Sports Center, in a game postponed in its day by Covid-19 and corresponding to the third day of the League, by a forceful 51-79.
He match started with a domain from less to more than visiting box, reaching the middle of the second quarter with a maximum difference of 14 points (17 to 31). There the xerecist reaction, which with a partial of 15 to 6 reduced the distance only 5 points when reaching the break, generating hopes of a possible comeback in the stands.
But it was left in a mirage because a Xerez CD blocked facing the rim and with a manifest inferiority in the rebound due to the lack of centimeters, it was surpassed by a Peñarroya who achieved 20 more rebounds than the Azulinos thanks to an outstanding Alioune Fall, with 15 catches.
Quique Romero was the most outstanding player of the premises with Elián Malinarich. Both finished the match with 13 points and four rebounds. He MVP of the meeting was visitor Ricky Caballero, with 9 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 7 stolen balls and 5 fouls received.
Fernando Roldán, resigned
Fernando Roldan, a Xerecista coach, pointed out after the defeat that “we lost the opportunity to get ahead in the first half due to our own mistakes and in the third quarter if you don’t score baskets it is impossible to go for the victory. There are times that you win and others that you learn and today we had to learn. “
“One of our goals -he underlined- is improve defense and that our rivals do not score more than 60 points, but this time it has been impossible for us, just as we want to score easy baskets on the counterattack, but Peñarroya has done an enormous job in the defensive balance“.
The Xerez CD coach recalled that “last week’s victory at El Puerto put our rivals on alert They knew that, although we went out on the court with the youngest quintet in the entire EBA league, they had to push and play one hundred percent to be able to compete against us. Now, It’s time to look at the second round with new illusions and without forgetting the work done these three weeks ”.
Rest and renewal of the campus
He Xerecista team is one game away from closing a first round It has been a real ordeal due to the changes on the bench and in the squad. They have gotten a triumph and embedded eight losses.
He next weekend the tenth day, with break for Xerez CD, which will have fifteen days to prepare the meeting in front of the Bodegón Andalucía CB Cimbis.
The Azulino team will visit the Almirante Laulhé Pavilion in San Fernando to close the first round with a renewed template, with which it will try to offer a different version of the one shown during the first nine matches of the competition.
Datasheet
Xerez CD Basketball, 51 (11 + 21 + 4 + 15): Quique Romero (13), Eloy Herrera (7), Alejandro Rosado, Carlos Sánchez (4), Abraham Silva (1), Leandro Molino (1), Manu Pérez Bordoy (2), Mario Pérez (3), Mario Trillo (3 ), Elián Malinarich (13) and Alejandro López (3).
Climanavas Agrometal Peñarroya, 79 (21+16+23+19): Luis Antonio Rodríguez (6), Javier Cañete (6), Rafael Sánchez (5), Ricardo Caballero (9), José Antonio Santos (2), Blake A. Terry (17), Diego Viera (2), Alioune Fall (9) ), José Varo (16) and Luis Rodríguez (7).
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