From chocolate knowledge to riveting draw


Under the weather due to a nasty cold, I clicked on the Spanish news and they had the BIDASOA IRUN - TATRAN PRESOV in the background.


 Having a preference for the weekday Saber y Ganar I swapped the Zaragoza chocolate for the rowdy and noisy ARTALEKU sports complex. BIDASOA playing an interesting defensive game against unpredictable Slovakian giants PRESOV.


 I have been missing all these exciting games and I remember with a lot of pleasure the great atmosphere in the near the French border small city.


 Urban with a lot of urbanity smiles when his side is up 12-15 at the break.


 One of the nicest USAM players, Thomas Tesorière, plays for Bidasoa wearing jersey no.27. We need to pay him a visit.


 On 16 minutes in the second half his exclusion was so unfair and the worries increased with a deficit of 6 goals.


There was a bit of justice when Presov missed their penalty with ten minutes left the score-line being 20-25


 Much as I love him Thomas wasted a chance with a feeble long-range lob at 21-25 with ten minutes left.


 Then for up to 3 minutes the EHF TV website stopped working properly when the match was getting the journalists and fans excited.
Crowley made it 24-26 with 25.35 on the clock.

The score-line moved quickly 25-26 on 26.40 then 25-27 then Rodrigo Salinas put it back to 26-27 on 27.40.


 Then Titouane fouled inexplicably one Bidasoa player and your reporter was so happy that a superb draw 27-27 was obtained with 38 seconds left on the clock.


 A superb defensive display secured the draw and all the players felt as if it was a victory.


Presov manager Goluza was so disappointed that we could see him throwing his official pass


In the meantime, the SI SE PUEDE shouts became real. Sublime spirit.

EL PLUBLICO TODOS DE PIE AQUEL EMPATE SABE A VICTORIA.

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