Around 1,300 locals have enjoyed this Sunday, for the second time in just ten days, their certificate nuevo sports pavilion. This time the reason was international friendly match between the Spain and Greece under-20 basketball teamswhich ended with local victory by 81-79. The clash, vibrant in terms of play, was marked in the second quarter, who was detained for almost a quarter of an hour, when the Greek coach, Makis Giatras, refused to leave the premises after Two technical fouls have been called.
A basketball party and a party for the locals. The refurbished sports hall continues to give satisfaction to the residents of La Línea, who this Sunday were able to enjoy an intense and balanced duel between the Spanish and Greek U-20 teams, with a good handful of players on both sides. who have already had the opportunity to show their heads to the first categories of their respective countries. The triumph, that could be decanted to any side, He ended up on the Spanish side for a single basket.
The contest was somewhat lackluster -at least for a long time- for the behavior of the Greek coach. The arbitration team, made up of Malaga Jose Manuel Araujo Beltran and Jose Carlos Sierra Carrillo and the grenadine Milkana Borges Cosic pointed out two techniques to the Greek coach, Makis Giatras, who, in disagreement with the judges’ decisions, He refused, as the regulations require, to leave the track. Greek basketball in its purest form.
Almost a quarter of an hour it took the game to resume. Quarrel between benches, mediations… and the referees who came to retire to their boothwhich raised fears of suspension. Solomon’s final decision. Giatras, angered by the public, did not lead his own, but he could follow the development of the clash from the mouth of the locker room tunnel.
Especially after the break, the waters returned to their course and there was only a very good basketball and a super participative grandstand, in which there were relevant people from the world of basketball and politics, with the Councilor for Sports Javier Vidal and the newly released president of the council Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix (Mayor of San Roque) at the head.
Spain and Greece they meet again this Monday in that same stage at 18:00 and the game can be followed through this link (https://youtu.be/KC5gKFOBguM).
