He has managed to turn the situation around. He is where and how he wanted to be for the Manomanista semifinal this Saturday at the Labrit pediment against Altuna III. Joseba Ezkurdia has had time to recover. “I look better, and I want to seize the moment”, he has highlighted in the choice of material. He has had almost a month to get ready and is once again recognized on the court. In the last fifteen days, he has taken advantage of the first seven to put a lot of physical load, and this week he has done consistent training on the fronton and has lowered the intensity to reach the duel with full guarantees.
He has eliminated the ghosts that in the form of doubts that plagued him at the beginning of the competition due to the muscle injury he had. “I look much better than when I started. My legs are fine and looser on the court. I want to feel comfortable.” Reaching the semifinals has taken a load off his shoulders, and now he will seek to be in his second top clash of the modality. “If I play well I will have my options.”
You know it will be difficult. In front he has the favorite to take the txapela for the sensations that he has transmitted. «Altuna III is playing very close to perfection. He gets the ball with his right foot, he looks for angles like nobody else and controls all the moments of the game”, he summed up. But that, instead of scaring, “motivates” the Navarrese. “He makes me more focused and put more desire to have options for victory.”
The three previous confrontations in the specialty fell on the side of the Gipuzkoan due to details, and that will be what he will have to take care of to avoid problems. It needs to be used decisively. He is aware that just delaying the ball will not be enough. In addition to dominating, he has to “finish and take risks, put pressure on him and be aggressive.”
“I’ll go all out”
The one from Amezketa is “fine”, a circumstance that imposes on a pelotari of his quality. More, at this point in the competition where any small detail can change the sign of a match. “I will go for all,” he stressed. But his good timing doesn’t cloud him. He knows his opponent well enough to know that he is not going to give him anything, “and sure that he is psyched that he can beat me.”
He will have to be fine from the start, and suffer when his rival has it “because you are at the mercy.” «I have to enjoy the ball because a game that gets entangled in happy pictures is not convenient for me either. You have to do many things well and not give anything away », he stated.
Three of the balls chosen by the protagonists are quite similar. They have a front panel exit so that, when they have the opportunity, they can put it as far back as possible. The second of Altuna III is somewhat calmer because he wants different material to have options depending on the phase in which the fight is.
2023-05-18 23:02:05
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