Beaskoetxea and López impose their seniority and are still alive in the Winter Series of basket tip

Seniority is a degree. Beaskoetxea and López showed it yesterday in their second game of the Winter Series with basket tip against Urko, substitute for the injured Tambourindeguy, and Minvielle in the Gernika Jai ​​Alai fronton. They started as favorites and needed a comprehensive victory to fully enter the fight to be in the semifinals of the competition and they achieved it with authority. The 1,800 spectators who attended the function were left hungry for the ball, but to discuss the status of the hardened striker and defender from Zumaia, a much more consistent game is needed than the one offered by their rivals.

Those who wore red had the crash under control at all times. They risked it, and in situations like this they know how to handle themselves much better than their young opponents. His knowing how to be and his position on the field was key to a combination that reacted very late in both games, and which lacked the resources to be able to disturb them. Despite their defeat, they still have an option to go to the next round, but the road has been too complicated for them.

A court as demanding as the one from Gernikarra immediately puts everyone in their place, and the winners were very comfortable in the first game with a ball without excessive shine. López positioned himself where he wanted and was able to do damage with his greatest punch, against a fairly safe Minvielle but who was unable to move him or put much of the ball on the wall. At the moment he could, the Gipuzkoan took a step forward and his were the most beautifully crafted goals such as the two walls achieved from frame thirteen or the cut from frame seven.

Beaskoetxea played face to face at all times, and in a situation like this he knows how to move like a fish in water. He short-tied his opponent in light squares and demoralized him because he was able to counter every two walls Urko tried and did damage with the slice.

Easier still

In this way they immediately opened a gap of seven goals (10-3) that captured what could be seen on the pitch. However, three errors by López, the second resolved with the repetition of the television images to which the judges can now go at the request of the pelotaris, gave some hope to those who wore blue (10-7). The many lengthened, but it was something temporary. Urko lacked forcefulness in the shot and at this point his doubts with the serve were evident because his rival had already subtracted several and had committed three passes out of five possible.

Faced with this situation, the veterans didn’t take long to pick up the good dynamics again and closed the game without problems (15-8). The second set was even easier for them because their start was again very solid and they did a lot of damage to their rivals’ morale.

In just 47 balls they were placed with a 6-0 in the light. Beaskoetxea spun very fine both with the cut and with the two walls. There was only a timid reaction from the blues. It was after 13-2 when Urko saw some light on the horizon, but it quickly vanished. After 388 ball hits and close to 70 minutes of play, Beaskoetxea and López finished the job (15-5) and win integers to be in the next phase.