Unai Laso arrives shot and “eager” for his premiere at the La Blanca tournament

Since he returned from his quadriceps injury, Unai Laso has gone further. It took him a couple of games to add his first victory, but in his last two appearances he also approved in this section and arrives shot “and eager” to the La Blanca tournament. The Navarrese striker makes his debut in the Vitorian event. “Until now I’ve always seen it on TV and it creates a great atmosphere,” he admits.

Together with Imaz, he will face Artola and Albisu tonight (10:15 p.m.) in the first of the semifinals that will feature Baiko’s representatives. “I am very excited to play it because it is an emblematic tournament in baseball.” He has had five days of rest since he took the victory with Mariezkurrena II at the Azpeitia fronton, which has been good for him to arrive as fresh as possible to a match “against two punchers who will make it difficult for us but we will fight”.

He is facing the opportunity to win the first fair of the summer season after he could not play the San Fermín due to the ailment he suffered in the final of the Cuatro y Medio Navarra. The games that he has played so far have also served to permanently remove the fear of relapsing from the ailment, and he is aware that he will need to work hard to get through the clash. “Our rivals are going to load the game back and try to attack Imaz, so I will try to help him a lot.”

It is nothing new for the Navarrese. Throughout the couples who played together it was a constant trend on the part of their opponents. “We know what awaits us, but we are used to playing like this and it went quite well for us.”

Behind his back he will have a colleague who has had a good summer and who does not give in, no matter how much pressure is put on him. His ability to resist is beyond doubt. The clearest example was in his last confrontation that he starred in Masters at the Sahatsaga fronton in Getaria. The man from Oiartzun fought to the point of exhaustion, to the point of falling to the ground from accumulated exhaustion, and getting up again to unleash another ball. Imaz, the last defender to win this competition along with Bengoetxea VI in 2019, has also had a few days to recover from that waste.

Opposite they will have a powerful combination that likes the Ogueta field. Artola has already left signs that he knows how to take advantage of his opportunities. In Vitoria he will take the place of the injured Peña II, just as he did at the Navarre fair on behalf of Laso and ended up winning it.

There are no secrets between him and his defender. They have played many games together over the last few years and understand each other perfectly. His plan will be to deactivate Bizkarreta-Gerendiain to avoid problems. Weapons have for it. The hit they treasure can get them out of a lot of trouble, but they need to be patient. Despite the fact that the frontis is not as high as other courts, Albisu has already shown that in Vitoria he knows how to move well, and it is an appointment that is missing from his record despite the fact that he has had a couple of occasions to take it away .

Larrazabal renovation

Iker Larrazabal will remain on the Baiko squad for two more years. The Bilbao promoter has renewed the contract of the Amurrio striker after verifying his progression since he made his debut in 2020 at the Bizkaia fronton. The man from Alava has been off the pitch for nearly two months due to the fracture he suffered in a finger on his left hand, but he is now recovered and tonight he will wear white again in the third match of the festival.

Accompanied by Uriondo, he will have Zubizarreta III and Morgaetxebarria as rivals. The defender from Amorebieta will play his third match since he made the leap to professionals in mid-July and will seek his first victory.