23/06/2023
Updated at 5:35 p.m.
Recreativo IES La Orden came one step away from being proclaimed European Club Champion, losing 3-1 in the final to Italian Matex Marabadminton. The Italians asserted their superiority in the mixed doubles, the men’s singles and the women’s doubles. It is worth noting the prominence of Spanish badminton on the podium, since Ania Setién and Lucía Rodríguez They were proclaimed European champions with the Matex Marabadminton and, to the runner-up of IES La Orden, we must add the bronze of CB Rinconada, which won in the semifinals.
The final began with the mixed doubles that pitted Pablo Abián and Pablo Ojeda from Huelva against Andreas Søndergaard and Malena Norrman. It was a difficult game for the Spanish, They failed to take the initiative. Little by little, the duo of the Italian team increased their lead in the first set to win 21-13. A similar script was seen in the second round, in which Søndergaard and Norrman won 21-11.
It was time for the women’s singles, in which the Hungarian Daniella Gonda was going to fight to equalize the series against Ania Setién from San Sebastian who is part of Matex Marabadminton. Equality reigned during the first game, which finally fell to Setién’s side (21-18). However, Gonda reacted and dominated the second, clearly winning 21-13. The third and final set was a roller coaster as both players alternated up front. Finally, it was the Gipuzkoan who was most successful in the decisive moments to make it 0-2 in favor of the Italian team.
The third round of matches pitted Pablo Abián against Christopher Vittoriani in one of the most anticipated duels of the championship and served the Spaniard to open the scoring for his team. In the first game the Italian managed to open a gap from the eighth point and, although the Bilbilitan tried to come back, Vittoriani did not allow it (21-18). Abián’s reaction was not long in coming: he started the second game with a 7-0 run and built an important lead before the break (11-4). In addition, he did not lower the piston and put the direct to take the match to the third set (21-6). A phase of maximum tension began in the match, since it was a really even set. Neither player achieved an advantage greater than three points, until, with 17-17 on the scoreboard, the Aragonese pulled out his claws to add four consecutive points and take the game (21-17).
The Huelva team in the second drawer of the podium in the European h24
Once Abián had saved the first matchball, it was time for the women’s doubles, with Haideé Ojeda and Laura Santos facing Lucía Rodríguez and Malena Norrman. This time, the Italian team managed to take the point and therefore the title of champion. And it is that the couple formed by the Galician and the Swedish controlled the first game from start to finish (21-10) and sentenced the final with a final result of 21-18.
Thus concludes an unforgettable European Club Championship, which has brought together 13 of the best clubs on the continent in Oviedo. It has been five days of intense competition that has also concluded with the bronze for CB Rinconada Sevilla, who fell in the semifinals against IES La Orden. The atmosphere that has been breathed has been unbeatable, both in the stands and on the track, where fair play has prevailed at all times. The note of color has been provided by the several hundred schoolchildren who have witnessed the competition live.
Paco Ojeda: “We round off a fantastic season”
“Few people bet that we were going to stand up to the Italian team so much and we were very close to victory. We return to Huelva as runners-up in Europe, something impressive and we round off a fantastic season in which the club adds this new milestone to the 8th League title and the promotion of its two subsidiaries to the Bronze League and the Silver League”, says the sports director of the club with satisfaction. club, Paco Ojeda. The coach from Huelva wanted to show his gratitude to the sponsors and collaborators and to the fans, who have also accompanied the team in Oviedo and have played a formidable role in achieving another success for the sport of Huelva
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