The team of Union Corinthians was crowned champion of the Brazilian basketball in Brazil, by defeating in the final Flamengo Blumenau, led from the base by Enzo Cafferata from Linque, former player of Argentino de Junín, Cavul of his city, River Plate and Belgrano de San Nicolás, among other casts.
The Santa Cruz do Sul quintet repeated the title achieved in 1994 and won its second star with Cafferata as a great figure and scorer in the decisive match, contributing twenty-two points.
In addition, Enzo contributed eight assists and all his experience as a playmaker for the team led by Athos Calderaro, a winner as a visitor at the Arena Brusque stadium in Santa Catarina, to account for the homeowner, Flamengo Blumenau, there by 80 to 68.
The champion, the team from Santa Cruz do Sul, was thus closer to obtaining a place in the next edition of the National League of Brazil (NBB), the New Basketball Brazil, the basketball elite of the neighboring country, according to Diego Puntel. , basketball director of União Corinthians.
Already in the first quarter, the finally champion team won, by 25 to 14, but Flamengo Blumenau reacted in the second segment, losing by a double after the first twenty minutes, by 40 to 38.
Already in the second half, Cafferata began to excel and with his driving and scoring, together with Ícaro Parissoto, they kept their team up, by 58 to 53, at the end of the third quarter of the match.
In the last segment of the game, Corinhtians maintained concentration and made the most of every possession of the American, led by Cafferata and began to expand the figures under his belt, to celebrate when the buzzer sounded, with a clear 80 to 68 for Corinthians .
His sixth team in Brazilian basketball
After celebrating at the Arena Brusque stadium in Santa Catarina, the Corinthian cast returned to Santa Cruz do Sul with the coveted cup in their possession, obtained with a good team game and with Enzo Cafferata from Linque as a great figure.
It has been seven seasons that Lincoln’s team has played in the neighboring country (his last team in the Argentine National League was San Martín de Corrientes), previously passing through the Brazilian clubs of Minas Tenis, Osasco Basquete (of the Paulista League), Liga Sorocabana, Caxias Do Sul and Mogi Das Cruzes, after which he went to União Corinthians to be crowned champion.
