Atano III dismisses Bengoetxea standing with the sounds of ‘The King’

Bengoetxea VI will not forget yesterday’s farewell at Atano III in San Sebastián either. Many faces of the Gipuzkoan ball approached to the fronton to witness the last match of the Navarrese striker. Together with Aretxabaleta he could not overcome Peio Etxeberria and Bikuña (20-22) in a very hard duel -690 balls- in which the four protagonists squeezed themselves thoroughly. Those of Baiko did the most complicated but could not finish the task. They had a 7-12 against after a fairly even start in which their rivals imposed their biggest punch progressively, but they managed to turn the situation around and the crash was decided in the closing stages.

At its conclusion, accompanied by all the pelotaris of the festival, he received a small gift from the City Council. It was then that Aretxabaleta took the microphone and made the whole fronton sing ‘El rey’, by Vicente Fernández, in tribute to the Navarrese striker and Erasun, who will play his last professional game on Sunday at the Labrit in Pamplona.