On the third day of competition, the locals and the last champion of the tournament faced each other in a very even match, which ended with a great victory of Paraguay by 31 to 30 against Chile, thus adding their second victory in the SCA U14 Handball. The first minutes of the game were very even, both teams made mistakes on offense, with ball losses and erratic shots.
This was due to the high intensity of the game with quick and short attacks. From the beginning, Paraguay’s coach, Rodrigo Rojas, decided to set up a personal defense on Chile’s number 10 player, Tomás Lladser . However, Lladser was able to unmarked himself very well and managed the positional attack of his team.
On the Guarani side, they took advantage of Chile’s weaknesses in defense to mark the pivot, being able to score many goals.
In addition, the first half counted on the great performances, under the three posts, of Nicolás Calquin (Chile) and Juan Gimenez (Paraguay) who with their high percentages of saves allowed the match to be even more even.
The first half ended 14-13 in favor of Paraguay. 
A very even second half
In the second half the intensity of the game continued.
Paraguay was 6 goals up, but after a time out requested by the coach of Chile, Nicolás Hernandez, “La Roja” got back into the game.
A great defense with ball steals and positional errors by the locals, allowed the Mapocho team to tie the game with one minute left.
In the last play, a defensive lapses by the visitors left Paraguay’s left winger alone to score the winning goal.
31-30 was the final score of an exciting match.
The scorers were Tomás Lladser of Chile with 6 goals and Mauricio Mongelos of Paraguay with 7 goals. 
STATEMENTS
Juan Gimenez, player of the Paraguay A National Team: “A very incredible feeling because the sacrifice we made for 6 months was very noticeable. The help of Samuel, who was shouting at me the whole game, encouraging me with everything and a lot is thanks to him”.
Mateo García , player of the Chilean National Team: “In a way, we were very anxious because we had been playing very well. We thought that this match was not going to be so complicated. Looking ahead to the next match we have to think that we still have a chance to win a medal. That is our goal, because after this match we will not be able to be at the top of the podium. Now Argentina is next, which is a very difficult opponent, but we must not lose hope”.
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