In the Héctor Etchart gym, of Ferro Carril Oeste, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito, Corrientes Básquet kept the second point of the semifinal series by beating Unión Florida by 61 to 55, with 17 points from Julieta Armesto, and from this way she got the ticket to play the final of the Women’s Basketball League.
The winning team, led by head coach Enzo Almeida, sealed the tie 2-0 and now awaits its rival in the final that will come out of the match that Berazategui was playing against Quimsa de Santiago del Estero at the close of this edition.
The first quarter was favorable to Unión Florida by 16 to 10, after showing concentration in defense and ease in attack, to complicate the development of Corrientes Básquet’s game.
In the second period, the team from Corrientes exhibited an improvement in defense and from the game in their area they began to find the best ways to hurt the rival, and after a partial from 16 to 8 they retired to long break up on the scoreboard by 26 to 24.
When the action resumed, he showed his best version, imposed the individual hierarchy and from there he empowered the team to dominate the rival.
Almeida’s team exhibited a resounding goal scoring 22 points and allowing only 13 to Union Florida, to get ahead on the scoreboard and get ahead in the last 10 minutes by 48 to 37, a reassuring advantage considering that the opponent had to win by four points or more to access the final.
In the fourth period Unión Florida came out determined to make Corrientes Básquet uncomfortable, and from that to transfer the pressure so that from then on they can think about the possibility of victory and classification.
Grosso’s team once again thought first about defensive work, with the aim of lowering Corrientes Básquet’s goalscoring, with the conviction that by working in their area they could find the peace of mind to execute the offensives, and they did so.
Unión Florida allowed only 13 points for the rival and scored 18, but the great third quarter that Corrientes Básquet played gave him the ability to manage the result and the clock, taking care of the difference in the scoreboard and managing the ball to take the game 61 to 55 and get a ticket to play the women’s grand final
