Anyone would say that Casademont Zaragoza women’s He is new to Europe. The Aragonese team, unstoppable in their first and historic participation in the Eurocup Women, just qualified for the next phase in the absence of a day for the end of the first phase. Carlos Cantero’s squad, which adds up to 5 wins and no defeats, has been imposed on the track of Cadí La Seu (58-71). A victory with double value, since the Zaragozans have also certified the first position of group I
Forgotten about the setback last weekend against Araski, Casademont Zaragoza took to the track with a single objective: to win to certify first place in the group. Carlos Cantero’s players performed at a very high level during the first minutes. As a result of his great start (3-11), the local coach, Jordi Acero, was forced to request a time-out to stop the Aragonese gale. The four fouls by the Catalans in the first three minutes also conditioned the initial development, where the team from Zaragoza displayed great collective basketball.
After the break, the Catalan team improved their performance and cut the deficit to -2 (19-21), after having been losing by 10 points. From here, equality took over the game in the second act, with Cadí La Seu offering tenacious resistance to the visiting talent. Without either team being able to gain a considerable advantage on the scoreboard, the match reached halftime with Casademont only 5 points ahead (30-35), after two free throws made by Lara González.
One more march after the break
At the restart, Casademont Zaragoza took a step forward and increased its level of playaware of the importance of prevailing on the track of his greatest pursuer in group I. Supported by a new display of Mariona Ortiz, top scorer with 15 pointsCarlos Cantero’s team began to build the victory, acquiring a significant income that he was not going to let go of.
In the last 10 minutes, despite the insistent effort of their opponent, the women from Zaragoza knew how to manage the advantage intelligently and control the times to perfection. In this last act, in fact, they got the maximum advantage of the match (+18) as soon as the last quarter started (42-56). In the last actions, the game died with a sensational triple by Laura Peñawho together with the American Jewel Tunstull, was the top scorer for her team with 15 points.
