Irribarria says goodbye with a smile to Couples in the Labrit pediment

They enlisted him at the last minute because Peio Etxeberria continued with his hands beaten and he more than complied. Iker Irribarria said goodbye with a smile to Parejas in the Labrit fronton. He helped Rezusta get third place in the standings after his victory against Peña II and Mariezkurrena II in a very serious match to which he put the finishing touch with his shots and the stands gave him an ovation. He now only has to play his goodbye match at Atano III in San Sebastián on Saturday. With the victory of the men from Aspe, the play-off positions are defined pending today’s clash between Laso-Eskiroz and Ezkurdia-Martija at the Astelena in Eibar. Baiko’s men will finish in fourth position even if they lose because they benefit from a three-way tie with Urrutikoetxea-Albisu and Peña II-Mariezkurrena. These last two combinations will conclude fifth and sixth.

The Colorados broke the duel in the Navarrese capital from the equator. Until then things were pretty even because the striker from Tolosa was quite fine and counteracted the inconsistency of his teammate (11-7).

In the second half, Aspe’s team ripped their rivals apart. Rezusta dominated more and covered many gaps, while Arama’s man was in his place and used his air game and speed to generate many doubts in his opponents. Berriozar’s defender continued without being able to straighten the course and the colorados soon opened a gap on the scoreboard that grew bigger and bigger because Irribarria boiled over when he saw that things were turning out for them and put the show at the end of the contest.

In the Promotion Couples match that opened the festival, Agirre and Iztueta added their seventh point after beating Darío and Erostarbe (22-21). In total, 670 balls were crossed.