Daily Archives: 19 September, 2011

Pelota on ETB, TONIGHT: Barriola’s Return

Tonight sees the return to competition of Abel Barriola after five months on the sidelines following a wrist operation in April. The defender has been cautious about the timing of his return, fearing a relapse and wanting to be fully fit for the Cuatro y Medio Championships. Also tonight, there are two semi finals in the San Mateo Cuatro y Medio tournament. Retegi Bi plays Idoate in the first, which will be televised. The second is between Arretxe II, replacing Saralegi who has a hand problem, and Olaetxea. Cecilio and Lemuno have already progressed to the next stage, beating Zabaleta and Untoria respectively.

Monday 19th September, Logrono

19:15 (CEST) RETEGI BI V IDOATE

Followed by OLAIZOLA I – APRAIZ v GONZALEZ  – BARRIOLA

To watch, go to https://www.eitb.eus/es/deportes/deporte-en-directo/

San Mateo: Aimar Olaizola Destroys His Opposition

Sunday 18th September, Logrono

OLAIZOLA II – BEROIZ beat BERASALUZE VIII – BEGINO 22-5

Aimar Olaizola was in devastating form in the opening match of the San Mateo tournament, putting to the sword Pablo Berasaluze and champion defender Aritz Begino in staggering fashion. He amassed sixteen winners and nobody else managed a solitary one. The game started competitively, with the sides drawn at 3-3, but from there the floodgates opened. Berasaluze has been in fine form in recent weeks, but here he was taken apart as Aimar displayed the full range of his shot making, pulling off nine gantxos, two dejadas, four volleys and a beautiful dos paredes. By the closing stages, Berasaluze appeared to have given up, utterly outclassed and without a hope of stemming the tide. Begino did what he could to keep Olaizola out of the game, but it was to no avail. Beroiz was an excellent support from deep, making only one error and providing Olaizola with immaculate service with which to work his magic. The victors play Titin III and Zubieta on Friday; it remains to be seen whether the former can do anything about the Goizuetarra’s elemental force.

Scoring sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-11, 4-11, 4-14, 5-15 , 5-22

Match time: 38 minutes, with 16 minutes of actual play

Service winners: Olaizola 2, Berasaluze 1

Winners/errors: Olaizola 16/0, Berasaluze 0/2, Beroiz 0/1, Begino 0/3

In the San Mateo encounter on Saturday 17th, MARTINEZ DE IRUJO and MERINO I beat BENGOETXEA VI and PATXI RUIZ 22-13. The losers will have to defeat Xala and Laskurain on 2oth to stand any chance of progressing.

Berasaluze was taken apart by Aimar

Berasaluze was taken apart by Aimar

Image: mine