Little was missing from the “pocket” to continue their winning streak away from home and by extension to qualify for the Cup. A bad game last weekend at home and a poor second half in Cuenca have deprived the Ciudad Real team of playing in the 1st National Cup.
However, despite the decrease in Pedro Daban y Felipe Fernandezthe Becares Ciudad Real Basketball Club He came out very well on defense, dominating the rebound and playing with great judgment in each attack. The people from Cuenca also had their rival well studied and the equality in the game was also reflected on the scoreboard. Halfway through the first period the advantage was for the visitors by a single point (9-10). A triple of Manu Paton stretched the income for the ciudad realeños (9-13), but a couple of minutes later the Cuenca managed to tie the game at 14 points with two minutes to go. In this time he only managed to score the “pocket” sealing a result of 14-19 at the end of the first quarter.
It is as if in these last two minutes the Becares Ciudad Real Basketball Club would have discovered the way to damage the defense of CB Globalcaja Cuenca, because with a partial of 0-8 (14-27) the set of Chema Lopez got the first “break” of the game. Although the locals put all their efforts, nothing came of it. Just the opposite happened on the other side, where the foreign success of vincent colonel y Manu Paton (16-33). The spectators were beginning to remember the game from two seasons ago where the Ciudad Real team beat the team from the enchanted city, since at half-time the lead was 17 points (25-42). Not only was it the score, but the game was clearly superior in both facets to Becares Ciudad Real Basketball Club.
Going through the changing rooms was as if the players had changed their shirts… Two innocent losses from “pocket” originated four points from his rival in just a few seconds (29-42). The income was still great, but it is as if, in addition to the ball, confidence had been lost. Cuenca Pablo Pérez and José Manuel Ojeda commanded the comeback of their team that little by little was eating ground at the Becares Ciudad Real Basketball Club. At the end of the third period, the result left the game open with the last ten minutes to go (47-52).
Even though that him “pocket” He conjured up his inner game to try to keep adding, there was no way to defend with the same solvency. Each attack by CB Globalcaja Cuenca added points to their score and in this way they tied at 58 with four and a half minutes to go after many minutes behind. After an exchange of baskets in which both teams were determined to achieve the goal of entering the Cup, the local team managed to distance themselves by five points (71-66) thanks once again to José Manuel Ojeda, who could not be held by the Ciudad Real defense . After two triples in the last minute to the desperate Manu Paton y vincent colonelthe party no longer changed leadership allowing CB Globalcaja Cuenca to keep the two points at home.
In short, a bad second half in which neither the way nor the success of defending the area proposed by his rival was found, leaving the Becares Ciudad Real Basketball Club without Cup. Now the pupils of Chema Lopez They have almost a month and a half without competing because on the last day of the first round they would have to play against the “not presented” CB Torrijos and then the Christmas break. It will be time to prepare and face the second round to be as high as possible in a tremendously even league from second to ninth place.
Datasheet:
Pavilion: Esperanza Calvo (Cuenca).
Referees: Salgado Cuevas and Rico Velasco.
Globalcaja Cuenca 73 Basketball Club (14+11+22+26): Jaime Muñoz (2), Ángel García (15), Carlos Fraile (1), Pablo Pérez (8), José Manuel Ojeda (27), Santiago García (4), Javier Blanco (4), Álvaro Cañada (6), Carlos Steer (6), Juan Castro.
Ciudad Real 72 Basketball Club Scholarships (19+23+10+20): Vincent Jose Coronel (9), Andres Gomez (3), Guillermo Callejas (12), Gerardo Ruiz de Castañeda (8), Jose Maria Alonso (3), Jesus Salcedo (10), Manuel Patton (11), Anyer R. Mata (16).
