On the fourth day of the most important tournament in America, the green and blue team faced each other in the semifinals.
In an exciting match from start to finish, the last champion won and thus the Brazilian team is a finalist of the SCA U16 Men’s Handball.
The first minutes of the game were very intense, making the match back and forth. Thanks to the Uruguayan wingers, the sky-blue team quickly took a 2-0 lead.
However, Brazil, which is strong in the game with its pivot, managed to reduce the deficit to keep up with its rival.
As the minutes went by, the Brazilians decreased their offensive mistakes.
The fast game of both teams caused turnovers and bad passes in the attack. The green and yellow team made fewer mistakes and therefore went to the break with a 10-9 lead.
Photo: CoSCABal / Germán Paez.
The sky-blue team was able to take advantage of the extra man to keep the game even.
With 15 minutes left in the match, the Uruguayan attack was imprecise in their shots and the Brazilian defense forced them to make mistakes.
In addition, Brazil did not miss in their shots and managed to take a 2 goal lead.
At times the team led by Nicolas Sintas was 1 goal away from the tie, but immediately Brazil got the difference of 2 goals again.
Uruguay fought until the end but could not take away the unbeaten goal from their rival.
Finally the match ended 20 to 18 in favor of the green and yellow team, qualifying the last champion to the final of the SCA U16 Handball SCA, where they will try to defend the title obtained in 2022. The scorers of the match were Eduardo Rodrigues of Brazil (9) and Matteo Punzo of Uruguay (5).
Photo: COSCABAL / Germán Paez.
STATEMENTS
Eduardo Rodrigues, player of the Brazilian National Team: “This semifinal with Uruguay was a very difficult game, we ended up winning by 2 goals. They are a good team, we had a lot of difficulties, but we made it to the final which is what I think everyone wanted.”
Mateo Palacios, player of the Uruguayan National Team: “We lost the semifinal by details, but it is a great pride to represent Uruguay. We fought every single match, now we are going for the third place and we are going to give our all as in every match”.
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Photos: CoSCABal/Germán Paez By Rocío Mariel García Sigüenza.
