Celta Zorka Recalvi Secures First Victory of the Season

It was not the most favorable scenario, nor the most affordable rival, nor were the circumstances the best, but Celta Zorka Recalvi achieved the victory yesterday. first victory of the season, on the eighth day of the Women’s League, after beating Barça CBS in a very complete match. From a strong collective defense and also a choral attack – everyone who played scored, except Laura Prats, and only two scored double numbers (Musa and Aguilar) -, the Vigo team showed extraordinary success in the first quarter (21-26 ), remained in second and experienced a slight drop after the break, but in the final stretch of the match she recovered her best version to sentence an opponent that has internationals of the stature of Paula Ginzo from Ourense, Lola Pendande and the veteran Anna Cruz, as well as the Americans Anderson and Bjorklund.

Barça CBS tried to stop Cristina Cantero’s team with a zone defense that worked during the first 3 minutes of the game, in which the light blue team had a lot of problems scoring. Despite this, Celta Zorka Recalvi achieved its first considerable advantage with two free throws (4-7). The game was even. The defenses tried to impose themselves in the paint and, while the Viguesas managed to break the home team with patience and dominating the offensive rebound, the Catalans did the same with a series of triples that kept them in the game (11-14, minute 5). It was not enough and Barça CBS gritted their teeth in defense, cutting off the visitors’ attacks for a few minutes to equalize the score at 19 points, although the greater success of Cristina Cantero’s team allowed them to reach the 10th minute with a lead of 5 (21- 26).

The Catalans once again became strong in the zone at the beginning of the second quarter and it took Celta more than two and a half minutes to score their first basket, although the locals could not easily see the basket either, so the difference remained intact ( 23-28). Cristina Cantero’s team then suffered, with 4:25 left before halftime, and with the score at 27-30, opting to stop the game. The timeout did not give immediate results and the locals managed to tie (31-31). But a triple by Elba Garfella, who entered the starting five for the first time this season, broke the bad dynamics of the Celtics, who in the previous four minutes had only managed to score one point. The local zone had completely choked the light blue team, who, however, with another triple and another basket from Garfella, managed to reach the break with a lead of 3 points (36-39).

Everything continued the same after the restart. The Vigo team staged a small fight in the first minutes of the third quarter, but Barça CBS, thanks to its good work in the zone, came out well on the counterattack and did not give a break, tightening the score again and again (42-45 , minute 23). But Celta Zorka Recalvi went one step further and managed to hit two consecutive triples that raised their lead to 9 points, forcing the locals to call a timeout with 5:30 left in the quarter (42-51).

At that moment, Barça could not overcome the pressure from the Vigo team, who obtained a maximum advantage of 13 points midway through the quarter (42-55). Until Ginzo appeared, carrying the team on his back. With good vision of the game and a lot of success, the Barça CBS player neutralized the visiting defense and got her team back into the game thanks also to her success from the free throw line, although the final quarter was reached with 7 points of income for those of Cantero (52-59).

The Barça squad pressed at the beginning of the period and did so from defense. In the first five minutes, they achieved a short partial of 5-3 (57-62). The light blue team began to fade in attack and with 3:21 to go, Cristina Cantero stopped the game (59-64). The Vigo team was still ahead, but needed a little more success and they found it with Musa, who scored two important baskets while the defense tied up the locals to seal the first victory of the season.

2023-11-20 10:02:02
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