IDK has been eliminated from the Euskotren Cup after losing 71-61 to the powerful Casademont Zaragoza in the quarterfinals
Azu Muguruza's players have played a great first quarter and have endured the attacks of the Aragonese team until the end of the second quarter, but from there the powerful Zaragoza has thwarted the illusions of the Guipuzcoans.
IDK Euskotren has lost the quarter-finals of the Queen's Cup to league leader Casademont Zaragoza, Tarragonan (Catalonia). The Guipuzcoans have played a great first quarter and have endured the attacks of the Aragonese team until the end of the second quarter, but from there the illusions of the Donostiarra team have been frustrated.
The IDK Euskotren has started the match very well and the players of Azu Muguruza have managed to take the match to their field, so that more has been played to what the quintet Guipuzcoano wanted, controlling the Aragonese team at all times. Thus, thanks to a great team work and a well-executed game plan, the Guipuzcoans have finished the first quarter (12-13).
At thebeginning of the second quarter , the dynamics of the match have not changed and the IDK Euskotren has managed to stop the attacks of Casademont, but in the final stretch the Aragonese team has pressed the accelerator and opened a gap in the marker before the break (37-30), which has morally damaged the Donostiarras.
Onthereturnof the locker room , the Zaragoza has dominated and set the pace of the match. Every mistake of Azu Muguruza's team has been punished against it by Casademonte. The Donostiarras have had a lot of trouble scoring and, moreover, have not closed the defensive rebound well. Thus, the Aragonese team has almost sentenced the playoff (57-41), with a partial of 20-11 in the third quarter.
Inthe last quarter, the IDK tried to squeeze and react to Casademont, but the quality of the Aragonese team's players closed the game despite the fact that in the final stretch the Guipuzkoans managed to beat the marker slightly (71-61).
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