Basketball | UCAM CB
The memory of the 1990 promotion playoff and the Esteban Pérez case survive in the Fontes do Sar, a field that will be visited tomorrow by UCAM CB
The UCAM visits the Fontes do Sar in Santiago de Compostela tomorrow (6:00 p.m.), the field in the country where the Murcian team tends to spend the worst every year. The Obradoiro fans do not forget the ‘Esteban Pérez case’, which 31 years later continues to kick in. The Compostela team had to have played in the ACB since 1990, when Juver Murcia and Obradoiro faced each other in the ‘playoff’ for promotion to the highest category.
The Murcians rose, but after 17 years of tough legal battle, Obradoiro managed to win in 2007 – in the offices – the promotion that prevented an improper alignment of Juver Murcia, since then an eternal enemy of the Obradoirista fans. Thus, the older Compostela fans experience each season the confrontation against Murcia as a rematch. And they celebrate the victories in a big way.
The name of Argentine Esteban Pérez goes hand in hand with one of the biggest controversies in the history of Spanish basketball. His nationalization as a Spaniard was proven fraudulent after 17 years of intense legal battle. In that 89-90 campaign, Esteban Pérez marked the differences in favor of Juver Murcia in the ‘playoff’.
“That was wrong. It was a sin of youth. I caused a lot of damage to Obradoiro and his fans for a long time. I have always felt guilty for what happened, “the Argentine confessed years later.
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