The presence of Joseba Ezkurdia completely conditions the meetings. He endured cars and carts last night at the Deportivo de Bilbao. He built an impassable wall during … many minutes. However, there is a specific height on the left wall where it is impossible to return the ball properly no matter how great a defender you are. Jon Mariezkurrena found it in several phases of the match, especially in the final stretch of a match with epic overtones, which also turned into gibberish that was difficult to decipher.
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game time
66 minutes and 8 seconds. -
Good shots:
647 -
So many serve
Altuna, 3. Larrazabal, 0. -
Serving faults
Altuna, 0. Larrazabal, 0. -
So many at stake
Altuna III, 7. Ezkurdia, 1. Larrazabal, 9. Mariezkurrena II, 7. -
so many lost
Altuna III, 4. Ezkurdia, 2. Larrazabal, 4. Mariezkurrena II, 4. -
Marker
5-0, 5-4, 6-4, 6-7, 8-7, 8-10, 11-10, 11-11, 13-11, 13-12, 14-12, 14-14, 15-14, 15-16, 17-16, 17-17, 19-17 y 19-22. -
Exit odds
By the -
incidences
Full at Deportivo de Bilbao. 650 spectators. People standing in the hallways.
After nine ties on the scoreboard and leads never greater than two goals from 6-6, Altuna III and Ezkurdia took the lead 19-17. The finishing appearances of the Amezket striker seemed to have an effect – some of them brilliant – combined with the errors of the Baiko duo and the hardening of a match in which neither of them resorted to more breaks than the mandatory ones of twelve and eighteen. And they hit 647 balls in 66 minutes. Four giants on the field.
However, Mariezkurrena II is not one to give up just like that. He gritted his teeth after a long and demanding match that gave the impression of putting him on the ropes. Ezkurdia made one of his few wrong placement decisions. Altuna hit a hook from a distance with which he wanted to force Larrazabal and he bounced on the countercourt: 19-19.
Berriozar’s defender had already said, here I am. For some time he had been alternating high right hands with low balls to run over the defense of the provisional defender and move him from his place. Mariezkurrena II knows that finding the left wall is key against that wall called Ezkurdia and she also has the technique to direct the ball to the exact spot, as she did first at 20-19 and then again at 21-19. With the goal dominated by his defender, Larrazabal wrote the epilogue with a back shot that was impossible for Arbizu’s man.
The classification is tightened. There are now six couples tied on two points, waiting for what happens in today’s and tomorrow’s clashes. Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena II started with two close defeats and have reacted with two equally distressing victories but with favorable last-minute outcomes. Altuna and Ezkurdia have taken the opposite path. Two wins took them to the top of the table and they have seen their pursuers catch up with them. Of course, they don’t give in just like that.
