Before a packed Antonio Azurmendy Coliseum in Valdivia, the Chilean men’s basketball team made history on Sunday night by defeating the Argentina team 79-77, in a match valid for the second date of the qualifiers towards the FIBA Americup 2025.
This is our country’s first victory over a trans-Andean team since 1955. On that occasion, Chile defeated Argentina in the context of the South American tournament that took place in Cúcuta, Colombia.
The victory takes on a special flavor given that it was also achieved once morest the starting team of Argentina, led by point guard Facundo Campazzo and escorted by figures such as Gabriel Deck, Leandro Bolmaro and Nicolás Brussino, who stand out in some of the best basketball leagues in the world. .
The game was marked by the tremendous performance of Manny Suárez, who led the national offensive with 29 points. Now Chile will face Colombia for the third round of the qualifiers next November.
Once the match was over, point guard Franco Morales might not hide his excitement over this victory, “I still can’t believe it. I don’t know if it’s emotion, satisfaction. An entire generation, many years ago, we were looking for this. I have no words. “We never imagined it, not even in our best dreams,” said Morales.
In other matches of the qualifying day, Cuba beat the United States by 81-67, Colombia defeated Venezuela by a narrow 67 to 64, with which the “Red” group is equal with all its members with 3 units .
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