Not even a team that seemed invincible like Leyma with its twelve consecutive victories is immune to a bad streak. Sooner or later a defeat comes, sometimes with a second one behind, and you have to manage that routine of losing again and knowing how to get back up. The team laid the foundations against Cáceres and began to rise strongly in the duel against Menorca last weekend. Diego Epifanio was delighted and comforted with the victory against the islanders. Beyond the success, which there was and it was essential to put the ground in the middle in the third quarter, The victory was based on defense, on the team’s ability to always give an extra pass and choose well, and on a wide rotation of up to twelve players. They were the three legs of victory and must be the pillars from now on to the end of the season. “It was based on people doing what they had to do. We have to do our best to compete in the games,” he said. the Burgos. “We strive to play the best basketball we can. Our step forward is defensively and offensively when we share the ball. When we do it, it’s easier, we are prettier to look at. When we have the ball in our hands too much, we get complicated. We played a very good first half in defense (against Menorca). We leave the trio Hannah, Arteaga and Stevic at ten points when their average is 37, and we must not forget that they are the best defensive team in the league,” he points out of a victory in which Leyma Coruña went up to 105.
Epifanio prefers to focus on work, good defenses and correct choices on the court, but it is undeniable that the team has great talent and the squad is large. Against Menorca it was noticeable with twelve players on the court, eleven of them scoring and all contributing. “We believe in the twelve,” he emphasizes. “We are leaders because of the twelve and those from EBA who train with us. Everyone gives their best. They help us win, the important thing is what happens on a daily basis. Both Hernández, very good,” says Pablo and Álex, who had not played for a week, but who did have minutes against Menorca. “We have many options within the talent of the players. There are many resources. First we tried to run and it went well because the players were comfortable. “We knew how to choose the moments in which to shoot,” he says.
Leyma now faces a busy week that will take them to Ourense on Saturday to face COB, to receive Tizona on Thursday and to reopen the Palace the following weekend to play against Valladolid. Two busy weeks that are somewhat more beneficial for the oranges because they have two home games and only one trip within the same autonomous community. Diego Epifanio does not want to look much further and, above all, he believes that we must enjoy the level and competitiveness of an LEB Oro in which Leyma is the leader. “The league is very nice, it is amazing for any basketball fan. That the seventh-placed team with only a few days remaining can still be promoted is the bomb. It talks about the quality of the players and the great season. The LEB is very cool,” says the Básquet Coruña coach as the crucial stretch of the season begins.
Trip to Ourense and tickets to Tizona
LEB Oro and Leyma Coruña don’t want their fans to stop either. Even with the embers of the victory against Menorca, the orange club has already put tickets on sale and chartered a bus to Ourense and also reported that tickets can be purchased for the momentous midweek duel against Tizona, second in the table and already a triumph of the people of Coruña. Fans who wish to attend Saturday’s duel at the Paco Paz in Ourense can purchase them separately for 12 euros or with a seat on the bus for between 18 and 24 euros. They are available on the Básquet Coruña website. The same place you can buy tickets for the duel on the 10th against the Burgos team. There will, once again, be reduced prices of between 1 and 10 euros with the idea that the Riazor Sports Palace shows the unbeatable image of recent weeks. Diego Epifanio is delighted with the support of the stands and does not want them to get off this bandwagon at home and away. “I want to thank the people who have come (before Menorca). There was an event that they could prevent people from coming (the Dépor Abanca match), but they have been here. I want to ask for your support and to accompany us to Ourense. And whoever doesn’t go or can’t come to the Palace (against Tizona) because we need them,” reaffirmed the top orange technical manager. Expeditions have become common in recent months. The fans have traveled to Torrelavega, Logroño or Madrid and now it is closer, to Ourense.
2024-04-01 19:52:03
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