Betis Baloncesto – Algeciras: Copaero procedure to get even

The set gibraltarian It is now a direct rival to the Insolac Caja 87 in its category. In fact, they are the two clubs that close the table of their conference, although it is true that the Cádiz team started with the objective of qualifying at the end of the season for the play off of promotion. Having made these considerations, it is normal for the match to acquire for Betis Baloncesto the status of a formality with which to lighten the heavy digestion of the defeat in the WiZink Center and regain confidence by returning to the winning dynamic five days after getting back on the bike to face, also in San Pablo, the second mountain pass that the calendar has in store for him before the break due to the FIBA ​​selection window.

The pavilion on Efeso Street will arrive on Sunday (12.30) San Pablo Burgos of the former Verdiblancos Bruno Savignani, Pablo Almazán and Luke Fischer, who has reached cruising speed and remains undefeated, leading the Primera FEB without knowing defeat, after seven days already held. An undoubtedly bony match that will once again measure the competitive dimension of Betis against a strong and direct rival, as happened three weeks ago with Palencia Baloncesto and last Sunday on the court of the almighty Movistar Students. Of that defeat, with the exception of the hypotensive first quarter, he doesn’t have much to blame himself either. Blood should not be drawn for what happened there. It is true that the schoolboys overwhelmed at the start, with seven triples made out of nine attempts in the first ten minutesbut then Betis had the ability to compose itself, balance the clash and even take the lead (42-46), after a lot of rowing, in the third quarter, playing face to face with Estudiantes until the emergence of granger In the final minutes the duel decided. At that critical moment, Betis lacked points and shot refinement to break the game by hitting that stretch that the people of Madrid did give.

Winning the WiZink as a visitor is not easy at all and the Green and Whites, who played in the capital of Spain without the injured Jelinekthey have already verified it in their meats several times in the last two seasons. Having said that, it’s time to get up, correct what is necessary, because there is always room for improvement, and use this cup match as a training session with the public (yesterday the team rested after playing on Sunday afternoon), but without disrespecting the rival , competing with due seriousness and thinking not only of finishing the group stage undefeated but also of preparing for the important duel with the Burgos team.

Training with rival

Today should be a good opportunity to measure out the first players of the squad and for players like Pablo Marín and Domènechwho barely played against Estudiantes, had minutes and a leading role against a lower-class rival who, according to the statements made by their coach, takes this appointment as “a very tough training session” taking into account that he has just arrived at the position replacing to Miki Ortega and will need time and work for his players to assimilate the new script.

The important thing for Algeciras right now is the league, the Second FEB, where they want to escape the last positions as soon as possible. For Betis, however, the Spanish Cup It is another competitive front that he does not want to neglect, but rather pamper. The wish of the green-and-white president, Pedro Fernandezis to win it, in fact. It must be remembered that the leaders of the eight groups will meet in a quarterfinal round with a pure draw that will be decided on December 23 and January 7. The four winners of these qualifying rounds will seal their ticket to the Final Four on January 24 and 25, 2025.

Algeciras is a club refounded in 2017 and currently chaired by the former Gibraltar player and businessman Saint Buxton, that in a recent letter addressed to his fans and published on the club’s website, he detailed the total costs of the season (400,000 euros, of which 300,000 are his own) and revealed that in the last three years his investment in the project has close to a million euros. Their start to the season has not been good at all, after losing to Cultural Leonesa, Melilla, Albacete, Coto Córdoba and Zornotza. A series of five defeats in a row that led to the change of coach and the exchange of an interior piece: the Danish Eleraky left and the Nigerian arrived in his place Ikepze. The Sevillian Alejandro Rodríguez He is one of the power forwards on a squad in which the names of Ursaón native and Verdiblanco youth player Sergio Cecilia, Chuso González and Croatian center Jere Vucica also stand out. In the Spanish Cup, Algeciras lost in Melilla and with Naturavia Morón at home, where they beat Ciudad de Huelva.