The four powers of the continent faced off in a day of intense, high-level matches. The Argentine and Brazilian teams managed to qualify for the final of the tournament, thus repeating the example of the last edition in Maringá 2020.
Bolivia – Costa Rica
The first match of the day showed a Costa Rica eager for victory, and they achieved it. The Central American team managed to prevail decisively against the Bolivian squad, who also demonstrated determination and a good level of play, standing up to Costa Rica.
With this, the Costa Ricans achieved their first victory so far in Recife 2022 and tomorrow they hope to meet Paraguay again to define fifth and sixth place in the subcontinental competition.
“We want to make the most of the opportunity to compete in Recife 2022. We need this friction. If we want to make our handball grow there, we need to play with the greatest on the continent” – Freddy Vargas, Costa Rica scorer on the country’s first participation in the tournament.
For its part, Bolivia says goodbye to the competition in seventh place and eager to continue adding friction to its game.
Argentina – Chile
The semi-final match of this South American classic demonstrated the high level of the Chilean and Argentine teams and how well the players of both teams are developing at a world level.
In the second game of the day the intensity was palpable, but uneven. Argentina far surpassed Chile, a team that had been physically exhausted after its meeting with Brazil in the group stage, but that demonstrated admirable determination and resistance against the albicelestes.
In any case, Argentina did not give Chile space to get close to them on the scoreboard and the performance of the Argentine goalkeepers was transcendental for the Albiceleste victory.
Thus, the match ended 36 to 24 in favor of Argentina and they once again reached the final of the tournament, repeating the final of Maringá 2020.
“The first objective was to qualify for the World Cup and the second was to play in the final with whoever” – Lucas Moscariello, Albiceleste player on his way to the final.
For its part, Chile said goodbye to the final and will face Uruguay tomorrow to define the bronze medal.
Brazil – Uruguay
The local team faced the Charrúas in the semifinals and was superior throughout the match.
The Verdeamarelho team did not suffer major complications when facing Uruguay and knew how to solve all its problems. Unfortunately, the Uruguayan squad could not overcome the Brazilian defense and the match ended with a wide difference of 48 goals to 20.
“We achieved our goal: to reach the final with a good feeling and thanks to our good play. For now, we have to correct our mistakes for tomorrow’s game” – Rudolf Hackbarth.
In this way, Brazil ensures its presence in the final, where it will face the Argentine team. The Brazilians want revenge after their defeat in Maringá 2020, where they lost by a single goal in the last minute of the match.
The match for gold is scheduled for 8 p.m. this Saturday, January 29.
Bulletin N°4 Handball SCA Recife 2022
Photos: CoSCABal
