Beaskoetxea-López 2-Johan-Del Río 1
His victory by the minimum against Johan and Del Río forces the Biarritz and Alava to win their last duel with authority to be in the next round
The heart in a fist. Matches like the one yesterday at the Jai Alai fronton in Gernika are the ones that attract fans. Beaskoetxea and López headed their way to the semifinals of the Winter Series of basket tip in their last appearance in the group, but they will have to wait and see what happens in the rest of the matches. His victory by the minimum against Johan and Del Río brings them closer to the next round and forces the Biarritz and Alava to win their last match against Goikoetxea and Etcheto with authority. Everything is still open in the second group of the competition.
The veterans ensured the pass if they left their rivals blank, but they came out in response and were about to surprise. In a well-played game, which had all the ingredients, the Colorados took the win at the last breath. And that they started very serious and without contemplation. They had the classification in their hand, and in the first set they showed the tables they treasure. They only made a mistake against a much more unstable combination due to their youth that did not know how to tickle them.
Well positioned on the pitch, the Colorados controlled the potential of the Vitoria defender on the right, while Johan paid for his inexperience. They played too upright and thus it is difficult to hurt Beaskoetxea and López, who immediately got an advantage of four goals. With the score in favor they knew how to manage the game well.
The Blues improved as the minutes passed but they couldn’t put enough pressure on them. They got to two (7-5), but Beaskoetxea placed the ball well between them to raise doubts and open the final gap. The two walls that the player from Alavés took from box seven, and that the Biarritz man pulled from the side to sign a couple of beautiful goals, was of little use. It was too late (15-10).
Reaction
But the blues had nothing to lose and were able to raise their heads in a second game where the production of the four protagonists increased whole. The defeated reduced their number of errors and the defender crossed the ball to the wall much better, so they managed to break the balance after the tie at six. Del Río grew as things turned out for him and his two right walls from frame 13 lifted the crowd from his seats. The Colorados were not able to react. They no longer found the holes they had before or forced their rivals so much, so they saw how the direct pass to the semifinals (9-15) escaped them.
Everything was yet to be decided with the last set remaining in which the Blues came to have him very close after Beaskoetxea and López made a couple of unexpected mistakes and Johan took out a couple of good flanks. But he gave them vertigo and then the seniority of the Biscayan and the one from Zumaia came to light. They kept a cool head and were in their place, and it was the failures of the young Basque-French striker that paved the way for them to win by the minimum (5-4).
