SCA U14 Handball in action!

The second day of the SCA U14 Men’s and Women’s Handball Championship in Asuncion, Paraguay, ended. The UENO Arena COP lived a new day full of goals and emotions.

SUMMARY DAY 2

The men’s national team of Brazil and Paraguay B opened Wednesday’s match.
The match started evenly until Brazil was able to take advantage of Paraguay’s offensive errors and began to take off little by little from the scoreboard.
The green and yellow team went to the break with a 7-goal advantage and managed to hold it in the second half ending the match 25-26.
The performances of Arthur Lima and Miguel Olivera of Brazil, who scored 10 and 8 goals respectively, were outstanding.
On the Paraguayan side , José Cañete was the scorer with 9 goals.

In the second match of the day, Argentina and Paraguay A faced each other. It was a victory for the Albiceleste by 28 to 24, adding their second consecutive victory. The first 10 minutes were for the team coached by Ruben Busolin, scoring a partial of 3 to 0.
They were able to sustain their virtues in attack and the first half ended 13 to 7.
During most of the second half Argentina won the match by 8 goals. With 5 minutes left to the end of the game, Paraguay came out with great momentum.
This, added to shots on the posts by the Argentineans, allowed the Paraguayan boys to reduce the score to 4 goals difference.

It was the turn of the women’s team and Chile and Brazil faced each other on court 2. It was a match that always had the Brazilian team on top of the scoreboard. Great saves by the Brazilian goalkeeper, Alice de Morales, prevented the team from getting closer to the scoreboard. In addition, Chile was unable to take advantage of the unforced errors made by the Brazilians. The green and yellow team defended the difference they achieved in the first half and made Chile uncomfortable in attack. It was a victory for the team coached by Alejandro Bazán 26 to 18. The scorer of the match was the player Sofía Toscano with 8 conversions.

In the fourth game of the day, the women’s teams of Argentina and Paraguay B faced each other on court 1. Despite facing the locals, the Albiceleste team had control of the match from start to finish. They were able to manage their attack very well and the scoring was distributed among all their players. They finished the first half 9 goals ahead of their rival and managed to increase the score even more, ending the match with a difference of 12 goals. It was a 25-13 win for Argentina. The scorer of the match was Ayelen Rojas of Paraguay with 4 goals.

The last match of the day was between Uruguay and Chile in the men’s category.
The trans-Andean team was the clear dominator of the whole match.
The first half was more even and counted with the great performance of Nicolas Campiglia of Paraguay, who later would be the scorer of the match with 7 conversions .
In spite of this, Chile’s game was dominated by the collective and this prevailed over the individualities of the Guarani team.
The first half ended 16 to 11 in favor of Chile.
In the second half, they were able to improve their performance notably, managing to widen considerably the difference in the scoreboard.
It was a victory for the Chilean National Team 37 to 20.

The second day of the SCA U14 Handball closed with the match between Uruguay and Paraguay A in the women’s division. The locals started the match with a 4-0 lead in the first ten minutes. Uruguay tried to gain rhythm, but the very good Paraguayan defense caused a lot of one-on-one situations with the Uruguayan goalkeeper. In the second half, the Charruas were more organized and took advantage of the Paraguayan team’s offensive mistakes. However, this was not enough as Paraguay’s defense together with their fast and precise play allowed them to take the match. It was a victory for Paraguay A by 27 to 14.

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Photos: CoSCABal/Germán Paez, Jorge Olmedo
By Rocío Mariel García Sigüenza.