Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena II clearly dominated the game in Amorebieta (9-15) when the callus on the right hand of Berriozar’s defender burst. … It was the second mishap suffered by the Navarrese who, at 9-13, had made his way to the locker room due to a muscle problem that seemed under control. Until then it was being the best of a game that the blues had managed to right after a bad start. But what was already straightened was definitively twisted because from then on Mariezkurrena II could only hit him with his left and, although they tried, the undertaking was too great, if not impossible.
It was Elordi who started in charge. The one from Mallabia did damage with the serve – the first two serve goals of the match were with the initial shot – but little by little Mariezkurrena came into play and by hitting and hitting he put Zabaleta behind him and began to punish him. Suddenly Elordi, who was dominating the happy teams, stopped entering the game and, when he did, it was to take the ball away from his defender, tremendously demanding because the material, livelier than usual, made Larrazabal and Mariezkurrena send a couple of balls to the rebound.
22
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18
Larrazabal – Mariezkurrena II
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Playing time:
73 minutes and 16 seconds. -
Good shots:
605. -
Serving points:
Elordi, 6. Larrazabal, 0. -
Serving faults:
Elordi, 0. Larrazabal, 0. -
So many at stake:
Elordi, 4; Zabaleta, 2. Larrazabal, 7. Mariezkurrena II, 3. -
So many lost:
Elordi, 1; Zabaleta, 7. Larrazabal, 7. Mariezkurrena II, 3. -
Marker:
3-0, 3-1, 6-1, 6-2, 8-2, 8-13, 9-13, 9-15, 15-151, 15-16, 19-16, 19-17, 21-17, 21-18, 22-18. -
Exit odds:
At the same time with a tendency in favor of Elordi and Zabaleta. -
Incidents:
municipal pediment of Amorebieta. Full. 704 spectators.
That dominance of the blues led to a 0-11 partial that made them go from 8-2 to 8-13. After a ball hit by Zabaleta against the wall (9-13), Mariezkurrena took the path to the locker room after speaking with doctor Iñigo Simón. His face, with obvious expressions of pain, was eloquent and his hand on the left side of his hip was significant.
He returned in a few minutes and two consecutive errors by Zabaleta made it 9-15. But something wasn’t right. Blood ran down the side of the Berriozar defender’s right hand. “You can’t play like that,” Simón told him after a goal. «The callus on my hand has burst. “I’m going to continue,” he stated emphatically. The scoreboard then read 12-15, which did not bode well for the blues because it was evident that Mariezkurrena could not continue like this.
From then until the end he only hit the ball with his left hand. And so it was impossible.
Pine II and Imaz survived
In Tafalla, Peña II and Imaz remain alive after a hard-fought victory against bottom team Peio Etxeberria and Rezusta. It wasn’t a good game. Leaving aside Imaz, who only lost one ball, between the other three protagonists they gave away 22 of the 42 goals in the game. More than half.
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20
Peio Etxeberria – Rezusta
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Playing time:
75 minutes. -
Good shots:
631. -
Serving points:
Peña II, 0. P. Etxeberria, 0. -
Serving faults:
Peña II, 0. P. Etxeberria, 0. -
So many at stake:
Peña II, 9; Imaz, 0. P. Etxeberria, 8; Refusal, 2. -
So many lost:
Peña II, 9; Imaz, 1. P. Etxeberria, 7; Refusal, 6. -
Marker:
1-0, 1-3, 5-3, 5-8, 8-8, 8-10, 15-10, 15-12, 16-12, 16-15, 17-15, 17-16, 20-16, 20-20 y 22-20. -
Incidents:
Ereta pediment. 580 spectators.
Peio and Rezusta started in charge (5-8), but nine errors by the blues and a drop shot by Peña II led to a 10-2 run that gave air to the Gipuzkoan couple (15-10) who still had to suffer because the Aspe couple did not give up and took them to the limit (20-20). At that moment Peña appeared to seal a victory that is pure oxygen with a cut and a wide ball.
