After four intense days of competition, the basketball players of the province of Santa Cruz they celebrated with joy the Third place in the Araucanía National Games. After having fallen into semifinals before Río Negro, those led by Rodolfo Carballo takeRon revenge and they took the podium.
The last game in the gym of Patagonian Railway It turned out evenly, but the people of Santa Cruz made the difference in the last quarter with an outstanding performance of Valentin Campano. The native of Truncated Peak and figure of the tournament registered a total of 36 points allowing the team to reach third place.
After celebrating the achievement, Carballo said through tears: “The kids have a giant heart, gave all in the second timepo, it was crazy what they played so more than happy ”. It also stated that the members of the selected from the beginning they had set as a clear goal to win a medal.
Based on previous process de la Araucanía, the technical director explained: “It was a very short process. A preselection in Río Gallegos and then directly we put the 12 players together to concentrate a couple of days before to come here ”.
He then described: “The five days in Cañadón Dried, where we set up the group and later we learned transform it into a team. There was the key to all this ”.
In relation to the last match played, Rodolfo commented that it was hard because their players had stayed emotionally bad after falling in the semifinals: “Physically the tournament was passing billIt was noticed at last night’s game. We were decaying the dynamics in attack cost us a lot which is the best that this team has and, from that, it was difficult for us to find the goal, something that also happened to us in this first half ”.
Finally, the coach made reference to Valentin Campano, figure of the Santa Cruz national team throughout the tournament: “It is extraordinary. I hope the luck accompany you and make the right decisions, with the right people and the right path, because it has a amazing projection“, Hill.
For his part, Valentín was happy: “I am very happy to represent these colors, is the most handsome what happened to me. We take the medal and the truth is that it is a honor”, He declared with joy.
In addition, the basketball player formed in the school of Pico Truncado and currently in Gymnastics and Fencing by Comodoro Rivadavia made reference to the group that participated in Araucanía: “It feels beautiful share these games with the companions, who are more than companions friends. Yesterday we had a fall with Rio Negro and have been able to beat La Pampa after a very difficult game It’s very nice, ”he concluded.
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