It was an appointment of two modest people with history, one of those things that hardly ever happens, the pinnacle of touching the first semifinals of his life with the tips of his fingers for San Pablo Burgos and MoraBanc Andorra. An afternoon of forced silences in La Fonteta, of a small city and a small country that boil with basketball. But it was also a clash of inertias, the two Cinderellas of this express tournament, the Burgos that started dreaming and had been diluted with defeats that mark how close they were. The Andorra that came with so many casualties to Valencia, that starting with two stumbles was a logic that they insisted on dynamiting without complexes. Joan Peñarroya's triumphed , whatever happens next, absolutely heroic. [88-86: Narration and Statistics]

Andorran tears honor those who had him with a sigh. He dominated by up to 16 points (35-51) in the second quarter, when the ring was his, his pace, his transitions mark the house. And its triples, very successful at dawn. Everything that shattered Real Madrid a couple of days ago. But their strength failed them at the moment of truth, when a Burgos wholeheartedly emboldened, who is still awaiting the 'favor' of Valencia to be among the four best teams in Spain.

Who would say it, who does nothing, crashed into the wall of promotion to the ACB over and over again. At last in the elite, he grew without haste but without pause, the project increasingly ambitious, despite the disappointments. "We were out of the Cup being eighth," Peñarroya recalled as winking at fate, so that this time it comes out heads.

They did not despair their pupils, who already came from two good setbacks. McFadden had a shot to defeat Gran Canaria on Monday and on Wednesday Valencia snatched the glory from them at the finish line. This time they were going to be the ones to come back, pure faith, and that they lost one of their helms, Bruno Fitipaldo, shortly after starting the second half by the second unsportsmanlike.

With a powerful Benite (23 points) and fighting against their lack of skill, they were paddling from a defensive zone that stopped Andorra. "We have changed the rhythm and they have not run", summed up Peñarroya, who asked before the battle: "Enjoy, feel and win". The former Manresa base comes out reinforced as one of the fashion technicians, due to his shapes and results. He made his family believe that in less than two minutes they were ahead for the first time with an Apic basket. But the hero was going to be Ferrán Bassas , another guy who built a career out of effort and humility. A triple of the Catalan in the absence of 14 seconds, with the possession dying, was the tip for the Andorran. Glory, for lack of confirmation, for San Pablo Burgos. The eternal applause already has it.

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