Erik Jaka, bursting at the time of the shot, scored 16 homegrown goals this Monday in Arrasate. Yes, 16: ten hook, five … stops at the txoko and one, the one on 21 the same, thanks to two walls. And despite that contribution, they were on the verge of losing in a Uarkape fronton packed to the rafters with a thousand spectators dedicated to the efforts of the protagonists and an intense and uncertain match.
Exciting with controversy in the last goal, with 21-21 on the scoreboard. Iztueta releases his right, the ball goes away and does not give either its author or his teammate time to react. Peio Etxeberria seeks to surprise them with a sotamano that needs to hit quite low. Jaka hinders the action in an involuntary, fortuitous way. Nobody touches the ball. He passes quickly between them in the direction of Rezusta, who tries to return with a right. He barely has time to arm the arm and fails.
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game time
78 minutes and 16 seconds. -
Good shots
621. -
So many serve
Jaka, 0. Etxeberria, 3. -
Serving faults
Jacket, 0. Etxeberria, 0. -
So many at stake
Jaka, 16. Iztueta, 1. Etxeberria, 8. Rezusta, 2. -
so many lost
Jaka, 1. Iztueta, 7. Etxeberria, 4. Rezusta, 1. -
Marker
0-1, 2-1, 2-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-7, 6-7, 6-8, 7-8, 7-10, 12-10, 12-12, 15-12, 15-15, 16-15, 16-16, 17-16, 17-20, 18-20, 18-21 y 22-21. -
incidences
packed in the Uarkape of Arrasate to attend the Santamasak festival. 1,000 spectators. Lots of youth. Great atmosphere. After 6-8, Peio Etxeberria spent five minutes in the locker room to be treated for a sprained left ankle. He came back to play. Three protesters carrying a banner and with their faces covered by a scarf burst onto the field at half-time of the 18th goal. They left half of their own free will, half due to the actions of the security personnel.
Etxeberria asks to return because he considers that he has been hindered by a hindrance. The judges act without hesitation. Both for the Colorados: 22-21. They have arguments to defend the decision, although it is also true that many goals are ordered to be repeated with less reason. Part of the public protests, especially those who had sided with Zenotz’s forward after the sprained ankle suffered in the 6-8. Rezusta, noble and exemplary in his behavior, he does not direct any bad gesture at anyone. He greets the winners, congratulates them and heads to the locker room.
The left-handed defender from Bergara accepts the defeat, the fifth in the current Couples Championship. He still hasn’t opened his points locker next to Peio Etxeberria. This time it separated them from victory somewhat.
Erik Jaka, more than the judges, led to the victory of the red couple, who added their third point and moved ahead of one of the solo leaders, Laso and Albisu. In addition to getting it right, he missed just one ball, the hook that hit the countercourt at 17-19.
The Iztueta toll
Outstanding, his excellent statistics are more typical of at least a comfortable victory than of a rushed victory that was close to ending in defeat. The explanation for the suffering must be found in the high number of errors of an Iztueta in a crisis of confidence. Although he improved and failed less once he crossed the halfway point of the match, he did not feel comfortable. It didn’t come close to the solid Martxel of the last edition and even less to the brilliant one from the summer. Surely it is the toll to pay for young defenders, the one from which the Tolosarra seemed exempt.
Peio Etxeberria played with his left ankle taped from 6-8 onwards. He entered the locker room worried, where Dr. Iñigo Simón treated him. He returned with some doubts, dispelled with the passing of the minutes and with the support of a Beñat Rezusta from less to more, becoming at times the third ankle of the Cuatro y Medio champion.
No one can deny Zenotz’s will, involved in the couple and revolutionized at times, although that high rhythm that is so characteristic of him is part of his virtues and his style. A couple of his escapes helped him and the last one, that of Iztueta, condemned him to defeat. His finishing ability was missed, which is even more evident when someone like Jaka, who is lethal, is in front of him.
