Ezkurdia and Tolosa have a great time at the Urretxu fronton

The fourth time was the charm. Ezkurdia and Tolosa were happy yesterday at the Ederrena fronton in Urretxu and added their first victory in the Couples. There are no longer any combinations with the box at zero. They needed a triumph like eating to try to gain some confidence and prevent the rest of their rivals from leaving them, and they succeeded. They beat Peña II and Albisu in a game with a lot of tension and little brilliance. The stakes were high and it showed. Those of Baiko reaped their third consecutive defeat that puts them in a labyrinth from which they need to get out soon.

At this point in the competition, the Colorados were running out of room for maneuver. Although there is still a lot of cloth to cut in the tournament, they needed to ward off ghosts and gain self-esteem. They sweated their own, but based on perseverance and not losing the north they carried out a confrontation that did not start well, but which they managed to turn around.

The Guipuzcoans still do not raise their heads. Last year they were finalists but this season they do not look at all comfortable on the court. They failed to make profitable the domain exercised by Albisu. Peña gave one of lime and another of sand, and thus it is very difficult to reach card 22. His game did not have the expected consistency and at the key moment they fell apart.

In the clash that closed the fourth day there was a lot at stake because they were the two couples located at the bottom of the table. And it was noticed from the start. Errors were the protagonists in a rather cold start. Both combinations were distributed to them, so the score remained tight (3-3). Tolosa did not enter the match well and in the first three goals he missed as many balls. But in the happy pictures Peña II was not at all fine and in addition to losing a pair he did not know how to take advantage of the opportunities that his partner generated.

Many ups and downs

He had a timid attempt to react that, together with the fact that Anoeta’s defender still did not meet, allowed the Blues to achieve a shot of five goals. However, they failed to maintain their performance and the Reds began to grow to restore balance to the light (8-8).

Ezkurdia gained prominence. He put more rhythm to the game and found the holes that he was looking for before. With Tolosa much more solid behind, the confrontation began to change and, after the draw at 11, the Navarrese and his teammate were placed ahead on the scoreboard for the first time after four consecutive goals in which the Blues made quite a few concessions.

But they did not manage to take advantage of the fact that they were facing the wind and the situation became complicated again. Peña II found a point of inspiration that helped them re-enter the meeting and emotion dominated the last part.

The digits coincided again on card 17 after a good cut from Ezkurdia to the wall. The pressure increased. It was then that Baiko’s men finally fell apart. They did not know how to manage the resolution of the meeting. The colorados held out as best they could. They had no other choice. And the mistakes of their rivals put them to one of the end. They were very close to their goal, and Arbizu’s sentenced the discussion with a good volley from the right to the wall.

In the Couples promotion match, Salaberria and Erostarbe beat Larrazabal and Salaverri II (22-11). The defeated managed to straighten out a bad start, especially from the Riojan defender, but they collapsed in the second part of the contest. There was more work than the final difference recorded by the scoreboard. Those from Aspe share the lead with Bakaikoa and Elizegi.