Murcia is in fashion and ElPozo will play the final against Jimby | Relief
ElPozo will be Jimbie’s opponent in the Division I finals. Dani Martinez’s team conquered the Olivo Arena and eliminated Jaen Paraiso Interior with a goal from Marseille in extra time, defeating them (3-4) in the second game of the semi-final playoffs. 18 years later, the two teams from the Murcia region will meet again in the final competition. The last time was in 2006, when the amateur radio team played against the Polaris construction company, and in the fifth game the victory went to Tomas Fuertes’ club.
If Jimby plays the first final in its history, the third this season after winning the Spanish Super Cup and losing the Spanish Cup, This will be ElPozo’s sixteenth tournament in history, having won five and lost ten. They last challenged for the league title in 2019, having lost to Argentine Diego Giustozzi on the bench against Barca five years ago. The amateurs, who missed out on the Copa del Rey, have not broken the quarter-final barrier for four years and are now emulating UCAM in the fight for the ACB title.
Having beaten Viña Albali Valdepeñas in the first round of the playoffs in three games, two of them on penalties, the gourmet team achieved a quick but painful victory. First with a convincing score of 6:2 in Murcia, and today with a score of 3:4 at the Olivo Arena in extra time. In the first half, Juanjo supported his team until In one minute (from 14 to 15) the Murcians broke up a brawl, thanks to Gadeja’s strategy, completed by Marseille, and another left foot from Rafa Santos to beat Duda.
Jaen Paraiso Interior did not give up and Michel scored a magnificent goal in the 21st second. The Andalusian striker caught his heel after hitting Russian Niyazov in the back, who Edu Souza unleashed with an unstoppable right hand. The Yellow comeback was stopped by Dani Zurdo’s sending off for a double booking in the 23rd minute, although ElPozo did not take advantage of their numerical superiority to increase their lead on the scoreboard. With five left, Argentine Alan Brandi equalized and sent the game into extra time.
Dani Martinez continued to play with five men deep into stoppage time and the Catalan coach was rewarded with a goal from Gadeja in the first half of extra time. However, in the second match, Chino appeared to set the tie again and held the match with an unstoppable right hand. The result was thrilling and Gadeja’s recovery culminated with an assist from Marseille, who scored the winner 29 seconds from the penalty spot. signing a double and his 31st goal in 34 games, confirming himself as La Liga’s top scorer).
This will be the first League final without Inter or Barça after thirteen seasons. The last time this happened was in 2009, the last time ElPozo played and beat Osasuna. In addition, this will be the fifth consecutive campaign in which there will be a debutant in determining the title. Viña Albali Valdepeñas (2020), Levante (2021), Mallorca Palma Futsal (2022), Jaen Paraiso Interior (2023) and in 2024 Jimbi Cartagena.The first match will take place in Murcia next Saturday, June 15, at the Palacio de los Deportes de Murcia stadium.
DOUBTS WAITING FOR MOTTA
“We will try to give the title to Cartagena”
Jimby is preparing to play its third final of the season and first league final in its history. To understand the magnitude of the melon team’s feat, we must remember that the last team to play three national finals in one season without being Movistar Inter, ElPozo Murcia and Barça was Playas de Castellón in 2001. Eduardo San Thiago Lenz “Duda” is completing a masterful season and assured: “It is not easy to reach the finals, and now we will try to give the title to Cartagena.
Having sealed their passage by knocking out the defending champions with a Tomas Braga goal in extra time, the Meloneros coach declared that “we deserved to reach the final” and it was “the biggest day for the club, playing at home and the whole palace was painted red ” If they win the league, it will be their second title of the season after the Spanish Super Cup and qualification for the UEFA Futsal Champions League with Palma.
“Defense makes a lot of difference and we have a different spark in the competition with more equality,” Duda clarified that the team he coached for 17 seasons (2001-2018) will be measured in the finals, but now his only concern is assessing “the damage from the battle, and we will have to be attentive to recovering players like Motta and others “they’re limping,” he concluded.