Valencia Basket had a good stretch following the same pattern, carrying its game to painting, where its superiority was manifest with Kayla Alexander, Nadia Fingall, Raquel Carrera and Stephanie Mavunga. In total, 43 points of your inner game. Unstoppable. Until reaching 75-65 that puts in the series the best of three to those of Rubén Burgos. Casademont Zaragoza, who put his foot in his first final of the Women’s League, did not know how to contain this trend. And although he tried, he failed.
The 6,500 spectators of La Fonteta saw that, in return, the points were scarce. Two stars such as Leo Febich and Alina Igupova barely wore six points between the two. But Rubén Burgos was worth it. The two have that ability to be decisive in both rings and, in addition, in the first part, Valencia had opened a gap taking advantage of a premature second lack of Mariona Ortiz, the helmsman of the Casademont Zaragoza, and maintained comfortable advantages that reached up to 15 points (27-12).
But in the second half, everything changed. Carlos Cantero’s team showed that this season has depth of bench and players with character, something that has never lacked him. Laia Flores took command in the third quarter and, with the points of Evans, Nystrom and Mawuli, was cutting the advantage in a striking way until it was only three points, a basket, just under three minutes. Right there came the hands of Leo FEBICH and ALINA IGUPOVA to, with the control of Leti Romero in the direction, avoid a scare that nobody expected.
The second game will be played on Sunday (21.00) in a Prince Felipe pavilion that will be full of Zaragoza fans. There are already more than 10,000 tickets sold and the Cantero team is confident in being able to match the tie on a historic day for your club. Valencia, on the other hand, aspires to conquer its third consecutive league there. If not, a third game would be necessary on the 18th in La Fonteta.
