Very important victory of Ángel Ximénez of Puente Genil who beat Recoletas At.Valladolid by a close score of 29-28, thus achieving his second consecutive victory in the pavilion of Mayor Miguel Salas.
The Ponta team jumped better than their on-field rival Miguel Salas. In the first five minutes, local superiority to go 3-0 and with Valladolid crushing two shots into the woodwork seven meters. This difference acquired by the Bustos team was the predominant note in the following minutes, although, in this case, with better shooting percentages in attack of both teams.
For those of Puente Genil, Domingo Mosquera and Janosi stood out while for those of Valladolid, it was Edu Calle who opened the way with 4 goals in the first half. Pisonero was forced to call a timeout after a Dani Serrano goal put Ximénez with his maximum in favor, 12-8less than eight minutes before the break. Then it was At.Valladolid who reacted very quickly with a 1-4 partial which tightened the result to 13-12 and Bustos had to respond with a timeout. Aizen and Sousa, the latter on the counterattack, brought the score to 15-12 before Miguel Martínez closed the first act by scoring 15-13.
The scenario of the second half began to be the same as at the start of the clash, with Ángel Ximénez far superior to his rival, once again acquiring significant advantages in his favor. Thus, the goals of Janosi, Simonet and Cabello made the maximum in favor of the 18-14 (min. 35). The film will also repeat itself later because Valladolid will not give up, approaching two after a goal (21-19) from seven meters from Álvaro Martínez, the first from this distance since in the first half the Pisonero team had missed three.
Shortly after, Álvaro Martínez, the visitors’ best, brought his team closer to 1 with a score of 23-22 halfway through the second half. When Ximénez was going through the worst moments, a goal from Aizen and another from Keita from the extreme scored again. give advantage of 3 to the premises (25-22) and Pisonero stopped the match with a timeout. It was a constant exchange of blows because after this break, two consecutive goals from Edu Calle put Valladolid back in the fight for the match (25-24) and Bustos did not hesitate for a moment to call a time out with less than ten minutes remaining. passed.
Immediately afterwards, Miguel Martínez would equalize at 25 and after two missed attacks from Pisonero’s men to be able to take the advantage for the first time in the whole match, Sousa would again surpass Ángel Ximénez (26-25) six minutes from the end. In the next game, Ben Tekaya, sublime throughout the match, would save the 26-26 with a great intervention but he would have to come out injured, De Hita entering in his place.
In counterattack, Keita would make it 27-25 with four to play and Pisonero stops the clash again with a timeout and the stands in full turmoil. After trading goals in both goals, we would go into the final minute and a half with a tight 29-28 after a goal from Oliveira. Ximénez would lose the ball in their possession but Valladolid, with less than 30 seconds remaining, also failed in their attack and the scoreboard no longer moved.
Technical sheet
Angel Ximénez Puente Genil: Ben Tekaya; Cabello (2), José Cuenca (1), Mosquera (5), Dani Ramos (2), Simonet (5.2p) and Janosi (4) (seven starters) De Hita (ps); Claudio Ramos (0), Bernabéu (2), Tiago Sousa (3), Dani Serrano (1), Rubén Ledi (0), Keita (2) and Aizen (2)
Recoletas Atlético Valladolid: Juan Bar; Oliveira (2), Álvaro Martínez (6.2p), Dimitrioski (2), Miguel Camino (3), Pablo Herrero (1) and Toledo (4) (seven starters) Forns (ps); Karapalevski (1), Mahmoud (0), Miguel Martínez (2), Pedro Martínez (0), D’Antino (1), Edu Calle (6), Manu García (0) and Ribeiro (0)
Partials every five minutes: 3-0/ 8-5/ 9-6/ 10-8/ 12-9/ 15-13 rest 18-14/ 20-17/ 22-20/ 25-23/ 26-25/ 29-28
Referees: Iniesta Castillo (Valencian School) and García Rodríguez (Andalusian School). They excluded Tiago Sousa (2) from the home side and Oliveira, Ribeiro and Mahmoud from the visitors’ side.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the 9th day of the Asobal Plénitude League played at the Alcalde Miguel Salas in the presence of 600 spectators
