Waste deserves the lead

The extravagance that Irribarria and Albisu made yesterday at the Etxebarri pediment had a prize. The Gipuzkoans climb to the top of the CaixaBank Masters for mixed pairs at the start of the second day of the league after their victory against Ezkurdia and Mariezkurrena II. They are not used to playing together because, in addition to being from different companies, their profile of strikers means that there are few combinations capable of sustaining their proposal, but yesterday they faced one of them and they came out with flying colors. The success of the forward from Arama and the great work of the defender from Ataun merged in a match with rhythm and hard-fought that they knew how to read perfectly.

The Navarrese also showed a good level if you take into account that for Ezkurdia it was the third consecutive game in as many days, and that Mariezkurrena paved the way for him a lot because he commanded his field for many minutes. But his mistakes carried too much weight.

Baiko’s two best defenders got involved from the first moments in a devilish rally as if the first place in the company was at stake. Berriozar’s man is still in a sweet moment and the ball comes out brilliantly, but he still has to improve other aspects such as containment. You don’t have to burst the ball on every hit. Albisu understood this a long time ago and put on his overalls knowing that he had to withstand his opponent’s momentum first and take advantage of the opportunities he had to create problems for him.

In this way those who wore blue managed to hold on to the match after an initial 6-3 in which the Colorados sent. With the forces somewhat more even in the long draws, Irribarria had more chances to enter, and the striker had a great afternoon. He did not let Ezkurdia entangle him and his volley had the point of view adjusted. They arrived in time to tie the contest at eleven and it was from then on that his good rapport did the rest.

They suffered when they played, made few concessions and managed to open a gap in the light that ratified their confidence (13-17). The Colorados used up their last cartridges by insisting and came to shorten the difference to one, but by then the dynamics of their rivals was much better and they immediately recovered the correct direction with Arama’s as the protagonist.

Ermua and Elizondo

The second clash of the second day will be played today (5:00 p.m.) at the Ermua fronton. Urrutikoetxea and Rezusta face Altuna III and Imaz. In Elizondo Unai Laso reappears after recovering from his muscle problems that have kept him unemployed for two and a half weeks. He plays with Albisu against Jaka and Mariezkurrena II.