Real Madrid had a bad time in their semifinal, but what also happened was in the round. He is in the final, which will be held at the Badalona Olympic Stadium this Sunday, February 19 at 1:00 p.m.. They had to sweat it out against the hosts, a well-worked team with game intelligence, to access the last game of this Endesa Mini Cup. In the hot moments, Joventut did not know how to manage their emotions and fell 65-68.
A grown Penya gave everything for 35 minutes. Solid in passing, ready to play in the post against bigger players and with a good 37% success rate in triples. From 47-47, in the third quarter, they went for the victory. They enjoyed, with that momentum, a very important advantage. But there came his mistakes. Nil Poza He was the best green and black with 32 points, scoring eight of the ten shots from three of his own. Aaron Ona was the decisive player: with a three-pointer he completed Madrid’s brilliant comeback and with two free throws taken afterwards he put his team in a winning position; finished with 31 points. The local team tried a desperate shot on the last play, but it didn’t go in.
In the second match of the semifinals, which was played on the same stage, Poliesportiú Llefià, Barça, who had already opened a gap in the first part (52-29) He did not give options to Valencia Basket, which he clearly defeated (90-65) to confirm tomorrow’s miniclassic Sunday. Real, the most successful of the 18 editions of this children’s category tournament, will seek to defend the title won last year in Granada against their great rival.
The Catalan team broke the match in the first quarter (26-8, min.10), in which they dried up the Taronja team from the defense and easily added to the counterattack, and sentenced in the second to manage their advantage with solvency after the rest. Oriol Filba (18 points), Eric Montaner (16), Diego Ferreras (18 and 14 rebounds) and Josué Oku (4 and 28) stood out in the Barça team, while Manuel Veintimilla was the top scorer for Valencia Basket (15).
