Red machinery starts its walk
Gloria Machado León 8 noviembre, 2016
Today the National Tournament of Basketball starts with duels in the three geographical zones of the country. In the case of the western one will have as its headquarters the coliseum of the Sports City, where on the first date Matanzas-Artemisa will collide.
They will also run Capitalinos-Mayabeque and Pinar del Río-Metropolitanos in a stage that inaugurates new hoops and boards equipped with clocks for the 24 seconds that will tax the spectacle and the strategies of the teams.
In an interview given to the Zone of Notice, from this station, mentor Allen Jemot stated that there is full confidence in the classification of the Matanzas selection, absent in the last years of the top league of baskets in Cuba.
“We train hard on defense, it’s right now our main weapon. We did not have caps, but I know that the boys arrive well to face, “he added. For the former star of Matanzas and Cuban squads the important thing is to win the matches to the so-called weak teams, to ratify the third position reached in the first test, this would allow him to acquire reinforcements of first, towards the beginning of the superior league. “We started with Artemisa, who we can win with some ease, then Capitalinos and Pinar del Rio will come by that order; Then we will try to insure with Mayabeque and the Meters, “he concluded.
The other casinos in the other areas will see activity in the multipurpose Giraldo Cordova Cardin, in Ciego de Ávila, where the central puja between local, Villa Clara, Sancti Spíritus, Cienfuegos and Camagüey will continue; While the Oriental will be hosted by Alejandro Urgellés, from Santiago de Cuba, with hosts, Holguin, Guantanamo, Granma and Las Tunas.
Original text by on Nov 8th, 2016
