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JOSÉ LUIS MARTINEZ
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Spain learned the lesson of three days ago in Bratislava and as then, Not without suffering, he scored a decisive victory against Slovakia (84-71) that It qualifies him directly for the Eurobasket from Latvia, Cyprus, Finland and Poland (August 27 to September 14). In this way he will not have to risk his life in the February matches against Latvia and Belgium. It was worth the suffering.
Spain celebrated its qualification for the Eurobasket.EFE
Spain, more consistent this time, knew how to recover from bad times -which there were also- like when In the third quarter they conceded a run of 15-2 with which he pledged his dominion until then (49-47, min 25). Scariolo did not wait for the hole to get bigger and stopped the game, giving entrance to Alocén and Guerrawho led the response with a 15-5 run that revitalized their team, which overcame the scare and no longer lost control.
Santi Yusta, hero squared
It was a match in which Santi Yustathe hero in Slovakia thanks to that miraculous triple with which he forced the second overtime that ultimately earned the victory, He once again served as leader of the Spanish team with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. He was the one who led the good part of Spain (47-32) and noted two decisive triples when Slovakia threatened to complete its comeback with 1:46 left (78-71).
Alocén is preparing to score a basket past the rim.EFE
The eaves of Casademont Zaragoza It was the safety belt of a Spain that defended with more energy, causing 14 turnovers from his rival with nine steals of the ball (nine from the omnipresent Yusta). And it was the anchor that put the counterpoint to Brodziansky (19 points and 5 rebounds)which took a while to wake up, well defended by Pradilla first and then Barreiro, but put Spain in difficulties when it stretched.
Good first part
Spain entered the game very intense (20-11, min 7), then suffered the rigors of Brodziansky (30-28, min 16)but Pradilla gave his own medicine to UCAM Murcia and Yusta and Port They gave a new growth spurt before the break.
De Larrea enters the basket.EFE
On the resumption the bird from Scariolo arrivedwhich fit a 2-15 (49-47)but they resurfaced at the hand of a great Alocén (11+5+7) and of War (11+3+3), who led a 15-5 (74-57, min 32). And Yusta, the Spanish hero of this Window twice, put an end to the Slovakian comeback attempt (78-71) with two consecutive triples that sealed Spain’s qualification for the Eurobasket (84-71).
Technical sheet:
84 – Spain (22+25+24+13): Alberto Díaz (-), Santi Yusta (25), Pradilla (8), Puerto (10) and Sima (2) -starting quintet- Alocén (11), Barreiro (5), Fran Guerra (11), Sergio de Larrea ( 7), Miquel Salvó (2), Almansa (3), Rafa Villar (-).
71 – Slovakia (18+14+25+14): Volarik (3), David Abrham (6), Malovec (12), Vladimir Brodziansky (19) and Pavelka (11) -starting quintet- Fusek (5), Szabo (3), Mario Ihring (8) and Majercak (4) .
Referees: Michal Proc (Poland), Igor Mitrovski (Macedonia) and Josip Jurcevic (Croatia).
Incidents: match corresponding to the fourth day of group C of the qualifying phase for Eurobasket 2025 played at the Paco dos Deportes Paco Paz in Ourense in front of about 5,000 spectators. Before the meeting, a minute of silence was observed in memory of the Dana victims.
