A 2-0 starting partial forced Rocasa Gran Canaria to row against the current from the start of a match in which the Turks were very solid in defense, which allowed them to run and surprise their rival on the counter, forcing Robert It is difficult to stop the game at 10 minutes, after conceding a 3-0 run with Özerzel and Ösgur as protagonists twice and raising the income in favor of Izmir to 5 goals (9-4).
Rocasa clung to the good feelings facing Sayna Mbengue’s goal to stay alive in a game in which Izmir remained very rocky in defense, but lost some of the joy in attack of the first minutes, thanks to the defensive adjustment of the Teldenses and the interventions of merit by Silvia Navarro, who gave an extra life to the insular ones who managed to cut the difference to 2 goals after a goal from Mizuki, which forced the local bench to request a time-out with 12- 10 in the bright.
Rocasa Gran Canaria grew with the passing of the minutes, with Silvia Navarro growing huge under sticks to dry the attack of the Turks, who saw how Sayna, Vasia and Mizuki completed the comeback 6 minutes before the break, placing the 13 equal in the electronic.
Two quick cons culminated by Bedel returned the advantage to Izmir in the final stretch of the second half, but Rocasa Gran Canaria managed to minimize the damage with a goal from Kata, but it would be Bokaric who appeared again on the scene to close the score with a 16 -14 at the end of the first half, after Silvia Navarro prevented Bedel from increasing the rent of the premises with her foot on the horn.
Vasia and Arinegua were in charge of returning the tables on the scoreboard at the start of the second act against Izmir who could not find a way to re-open the gap and who saw how Robert Cuesta’s pupils were put ahead for the first time in the scoring during the match with two cons again executed to perfection by the same protagonists, forcing the local coach to request a time-out 5 minutes after the restart with 17-19 on the scoreboard.
Izmir reacted with two worked goals from Bedel and Savas, but the Guerreras de Telde, returned the blow with two claws from Mizuki and Arinegua, to stay ahead on the scoreboard despite the exchange of blows in which they reappeared on the scene Sayna Mbengue, having been the nightmare of the Turkish defense in the first half.
The game entered a round trip phase, without a clear dominator and with constant alternations on the scoreboard, Robert Cuesta opting to stop the game 13 minutes to go after the Turks endorsed a 3-0 run thanks to a goal. from Bedel and two others from Kiciroglu, the last of them from 7 meters, which gave them back the advantage in the electronic (23-22).
Rocasa Gran Canaria renounced taking excessive risks in attack, being aware that they were facing a 120-minute tie in which there was still the return crash in Telde, moving the ball calmly in search of cracks in the Turkish defense that would allow them travel to the island with a positive result.
Neither team wanted to lose, entering an exchange of blows in which María Gomes assumed responsibility for the goal against an Izmir that clung to the effectiveness of Özel and Kiciroglu, to sign a draw at the end of the match that leaves everything for decide next week at the Antonio Moreno Island Pavilion in the second leg (28-28).
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