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Colombia surprised Argentina on Monday (71-63) in a very close match and managed to qualify for the AmeriCup 2022, after Venezuela’s victory, they won 61-42 against Chile in the last match of Group A, the third window of the qualifiers for the continental tournament.
In an intense duel, in which the Argentine team felt the absence due to injury of the guard Maximo Fjellerup, the Colombians managed to impose for the first time in their history a rival who relaxed after qualifying and await the miracle in the other match of the group .
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La Albiceleste jumped onto the field of the Evangelista Mora Coliseum, in Cali, relaxed before a team that looked nervous due to the need for victory that would feed their dream of playing the AmeriCup in 2022.
In this context, Gabriel Fernando Piccato’s team began to do damage with a good performance from power forward Tayavek Gallizi, who scored on the three shots he had and the free kick he made, with which he added seven points in the first quarter .
Meanwhile, the Colombian pivot Juan Tello took the reins of his team and led the attacks of Guillermo Moreno’s team, which however was imprecise facing the board.
Although the fraction finished 15-19, the Colombians maintained the momentum led by Tello, who found in the guard Pablo Rojas the ideal partner to entangle an Argentina that at times was complicated.
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However, the visit unbalanced the quarter in their favor with a triple by guard Matías Solanas who with one minute left a gap of three points between both teams and ended with 30-33 at halftime that, for the moment, turned off the illusion of Colombia.
After halftime, the inaccuracies set the pace of the quarter and Colombia took advantage of that to cut the distance and put themselves ahead. But, as had happened before, he could not maintain the difference and Argentina, with a hyperactive Jose Vildoza and whose influence grew as the minutes passed, ended up opening the gap again for his team to relax again.
However, the hosts remained in the game with a shot of three in the last second by Hansel Atencia, which left the score 49-50, so everything would be defined in the last fraction.
“In this window in which we face Venezuela and Argentina we demonstrate the quality we have and thank God we achieved this important result,” acknowledged Atencia in an interview with Directv Sports.
The coffee team came out with everything, led by Tello, and even managed to gain a five-point advantage thanks to the three-point shots that the pivot and Rojas got, two of the most decisive players in the local team.
Atencia also stood out again, as he managed to score at times when his team seemed to find no space and made fouls that took away the rhythm of attack from the Albiceleste.
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In the end, Picatto’s team could not react when Colombia took a difference of four, which later increased to eight for the final 71-63.
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