The Canary Islands on the hardwood in the regional rivalry duels between Dreamland Gran Canaria and Lenovo Tenerife It remains low, as is the usual trend, ahead of tomorrow’s match between the top representatives of Canarian basketball at the Arena (5:30 p.m.).
In the yellow rows, No player from the land is in the squad of the Claretian team in the present campaign. In the Tenerife team, two. One of them, on top of that, is missing due to injury, the Gran Canaria center Fran Guerra.
In the case of Dreamland Gran Canaria is surprised that, with such a productive quarry in which it has shamelessly and successfully committed to the training of foreign talents, No kid on earth has emerged from the Vega de San José factory.
And since the times of Roberto Guerra, no island player has managed to have continuity in the yellow first team. Those who have arrived, such as Javi López, Fabio Santana or Óscar Alvarado, have played a secondary roleor, even more residual.
The globalization that has occurred in the world of sport, as in all areas of society, the lack of talent, the level of demand that the club has experienced has grown as it has grown in the competition…
Others like Javi López, Joaquín Portugués or Añaterve Cruz did not take the field
A surprising fact in the search for the participation of players from the land of Grancin the history of the derbies against Tenerife. It has been a decade since a Canarian has participated with the yellow shirt in regional rivalry matches held in Gran Canaria territory. So long that this circumstance occurred when the club was still performing at the Insular Sports Center.
The fourth date of the ACB League of the 2013-14 season when Gran Canaria faced Tenerife at the Maritime Avenue facility. Two Gran Canarians were on the local roster, but only one had the opportunity to play minutes.
We are referring to a young Óscar Alvarado who acted for just over three minutes. The point guard distributed an assist in Granca’s 79-61 victory. On the other hand, his countryman Añaterve Cruz was left without playing.
Nor did he jump to the Joaquín Portugués from Tenerifewho was part of the roster of that Gran Canaria in the derby of the 2014-15 campaign that, already in the Arena, the locals beat their opponent 79-64.
Lenovo Tenerife’s Gran Canarian Fran Guerra misses tomorrow’s clash due to injury
From there, we would have to move forward to the 2021-22 season to see another Gran Canarian in the Granca lineup in a derby on the Island, although he did not have the option to take the field. Point guard Javi López enjoyed from the bench of his team’s victory against Lenovo Tenerife by the result of 89-77.
There has been, in a certain way, a change in trend in recent campaigns in the presence of island players in the ranks of Granca and Tenerife, tipping the balance towards the Tenerife side. Of the two canaries that are currently part of Lenovo’s professional staff, one of them will not perform at the Arena tomorrow either. We are talking about Gran Canaria center Fran Guerra, who was injured this week in the warm-up of the Champions League match. Yes, Álex López will be on the Canary Islands side.
