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Victory in the derby for a new life

Due to dynamics, all the forecasts yesterday pointed in favor of the Youth of Badalona. La Penya is comfortably situated in the noble zone of the table, while Básquet Girona is fighting against itself to escape the relegation places. The last defeat of 2022 against a Manresa that is also in low hours was the trigger to make it clear that the team is missing something for it to end. He was able to disguise himself very well, despite the fact that the signings have yet to arrive. Adhering to the saying “new year, new life”, Aíto García Reneses’ men achieved the most difficult thing: put the advantage on the scoreboard and keep it all the time. Largely encouraged also by the motivation involved in the derbies with a full Fontajau and the dedicated fans. It was supposed to be an easy process for visitors. It wasn’t at all. It was clarified in the second quarter with a partial of 14-0 in favor of Girona. Dynamics, like stats, are there to break them. Yesterday it proved itself with a balmy victory in the best match of the whole season that gives life to Girona.

Miletic drives to the basket with the ball in action. Aniol Resclosa


Without Pierre Oriola, who at the last minute was added to the drop of Garino Duck due to back problems, there was quite a challenge ahead. The team took him seriously. He did well on the Fontajau court, fighting for every ball, being solid in defense and wowing the fans with quality plays like an alley oop from Hanzlik to Miletic in an action that had previously passed through the hands of Marc Gasol since on the other side of the track. Even so, as little as he could, La Penya took advantage of the triple to keep the score level at all times (19-17).

Aíto gives instructions to Marc Gasol. closed angel


Maybe Carles Duran’s abused it too much. So much so that at halftime they went to the changing rooms with a percentage of 4/18 from 6.75 meters and Girona already imagining the triumph after having achieved a maximum advantage of more than 16. A triple of Fjellerup to make the score 28-23, he gave wings to the Girona side with a 14-0 run, which left Badalona without any kind of answer for many minutes. Tomic was overruled by the pivots Gasol i Miletic in a choral work of the team in which the Argentinian winger also stood out.

However, the entire second half was still to come. And it is already known that managing the second parts is not precisely the strong point of the d’Aito. However, Girona maintained their good defense and dominance in the defensive rebound – they did, however, need to give the push in the offensive. It was possible to maintain the wide advantage (51-35) in the third quarter. On this occasion Taylor he joined the party, earning plenty of plaudits with his individual actions and being the top scorer (19). If La Penya made the slightest attempt to revive, Girona was quick to make it clear who was in charge Fontajau. And with more than a triple. The most important, Fjellerup’s with just over 50 seconds left in the third quarter (59-43). Hanzlik he helped by removing two points from the basket for Badalona, ​​who kept shooting threes without more.

The most complicated thing was achieved, which was nothing other than keeping the difference on the scoreboard to prevent nerves from showing. The situation was more than under control. If the third quarter ended with a 16-point lead, at the start of the last there were already 20 (65-45). Practice forced the fourth foul of Tomic, who ended up eliminated, without being able to do anything to save his own. La Penya entered the bonus with just over three minutes left until the final whistle, conceding all the shooting fouls at 06.40. Who knows whether because of the ghosts of the last minutes or because of physical wear and tear, but the intrigue appeared in the last moments. When victory was more than on track, Girona let their advantage be cut to eleven points. Victory, however, had been in the bag for some time.

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