Spanish basketball is celebrating. Two clubs, Spar Girona and Casdemont Zaragozathey have reached the semi-finals of the Final Six. The Catalans defeated Umana Reyer Venezia (70-64) in the opening duel and Casademon Zaragoza did the same before Basket Landes (53-69). The team led by Carlos Canterowho experienced the injury of Carla Leite before the break, dominated the match practically from the beginning and had the inspiration of Ornella Bankole (16 points) and with the security of Aminata Gueye (17 points) to certify a historic pass to the semifinals where they will face the Galatasaray.
Image of the imposing environment of Prince Philip.
Goosebumps. He Prince Philip He looked in finery to support his team on a day to remember. The comparative imbalance was evident in the stands and Julie Barennes He asked his cornerman to make noise and not give in to the large number of fans of the local team. The first blow was French and came after a partial 7 to 0 driven by Murjanatu Musa (19 points). Landes had the lead and the entry onto the track Leila Lacan It allowed her teammates to take the initiative on the scoreboard. And just when the Casademont Zaragoza wanted to react, a spectacular blow knocked out Carla Leitewho left the track with a bloody face.
That did not stop the local rasmia. The entry on the scene of Ornella Bankole he blew up the scoreboard and suffered it Basket Landeswho clung to the success of Muse to avoid falling off. The free verse of Stephanie Mawuli came into full swing with a triple that placed the maximum distance and the safety of Aminata Gueye in the post they allowed the Aragonese team to maintain dominance. And the time came Mariona Ortiz: the Catalan base elegantly found Merritt Hemp in the post and the tricks went into the break dominating and with the feeling that everything was under control (26-35).
Bankole shoots a basket.
Hemp She came out energized and stretched the distance (+15) after the break. The worried faces on the French bench were evident. With problems scoring and with the rebound under Aragonese control, the game was increasingly slipping out of Barennes’s team’s hands. I smelled the blood Ornella Bankole and she deepened the wound with a triple that she celebrated with euphoria (40-62), it was the first of four blows by the Frenchwoman who chose a special day to show off. A partial score of 10 to 2 put an end to the bleeding, but it was not enough to change the score.
The French tried it: Beckey Massey, Louise Bussiere, Murjanatu Musa…But the shots didn’t go in. The low percentages of French success were a firm sentence. With fifty seconds still remaining the audience in the Prince Philip I was already standing. The cries of “oe-oe-oe” accompanied the wrist turns that motivated the choreography of the scarves. Casademont Zaragoza. The final horn unleashed euphoria and the skillful players came together in the center of the court to celebrate a special victory, one of those that gives them a place in the semifinals of Euroleague
