It has been made to wait, some thought that, at these heights of the film, it would no longer arrive, but finally, thank God, the night that all the supporters of Spar Girona dreamed of, was lived today in Fontajau They hardly reminded us of these epic midweek matches. Of these battles where the Girona women take hold of the magic of a pavilion that, in more than 30 years, already knows what this sporting epic is all about. Having wasted the Cup because of the fast track, with no options in the semi-finals of the Eurocup, and having endured a season where, as Roberto Íñiguez said on Tuesday, the team has gone through “everything”, suddenly things are back in place. And with a brilliant choral performance, Uni sign a first-leg match of the league semifinals against Perfumerías Avenida that lets them shoot the excitement of seeing each other on Sunday evening in the final. To achieve this, it will be necessary to make good on today’s victory in Wurzburg, defending a 12-point lead.
Iñiguez had said in advance that to compete against the Avenida, to stand up to them, it was necessary to take a step forward in attack. And that which seems so easy to say, that the Girona girls have been looking for all year, they have found in a frantic first quarter. A triple by Vilaró gave the visitors an advantage (23-26) at the end of the first ten minutes, which were also a battle between Lauren Nicholson (9 points, 3/4 triples) and Leo Rodríguez (10).
When Uni lost the hit, Avenida took advantage of it at the beginning of the second quarter with a 0-10 partial led by two triples from Delaere that gave the Castilians a dangerous 13 point cushion (23- 36). A three-pointer from López and baskets from Bertsch, Tolo and Ygueravide gave the home side a breather (34-38, at 4:10 at halftime), with the stands pushing bravely and increasingly with the fly in the nose at the discretion of the referees. Ygueravide’s three-pointer left the game almost tied (37-40) and Magarity completed the comeback (39-40). Everything started again. The last two minutes before the break have been a non-stop battle that has been unbalanced in favor of the visitors (41-48).
The one that had been lost at the end of the second quarter recovered at the start of the third, with an 8-0 in three badly counted minutes (49-48) that re-ignited Fontajau and put Girona ahead after a long time. The local defense bit bravely and Avenida couldn’t find an answer. Two free throws by Tolo made it 51-48 and a 10-0 half-time even though the referees called fouls in favor of Uni was a sin. At 3:19 Avenida still hadn’t scored and Tolo, with two free throws, made it 53-48. The party was a movie. The visitors opened with a Prince action, answered by Labuckiene (55-50). The quarter ended 4 up (57-53) with the fans surrendering.
A 2+1 from Bertsch opened the last ten minutes (60-53) and things were getting better and better. Labuckiene widened the margin with two free throws for an unsportsmanlike foul that the whistlers swallowed (62-53). Girona had it within reach to go to Salamanca on Sunday to present a real candidacy for the final. Mendy, with a triple, gave the maximum plus 10 (67-57). And Nicholson, also from three, made it 70-59 before an unsportsmanlike performance like a cathedral that they didn’t want to whistle either and shouted “hands off, this is a robbery” just when the light from the pavilion, at 2.29 to the end, had a decline
The match has resumed with less focus than usual. Magarity made it 72-61 and with the crowd standing, Tolo converted a free throw (73-61). Uni had the last attack but lost the ball. With 9 seconds Avenida was unable to score and Girona will defend 12 points in Wurzburg next Sunday.
2024-05-02 19:42:44
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