The Blues lost 59-90 at home against Racing de Gualeguaychú who dominated from start to finish. Copello was the local figure with 15pts while Rinaldi was the scorer of the match with 20pts.
After a difficult start for the locals, Racing took advantage of every move, not only converting, but also taking second chances and through Schaaf, Balmaceda, and Nieto, the visit began by winning the game with a 0-16 run that scored the pace of the match. On the local side, Copello converted Atlético’s only 7 points in the quarter that ended 7-24 in favor of Racing.
The second quarter showed a local team determined to reverse the situation and through Echeverría, Thorp and Hauscarriague the score began to shrink, but Leuze and Balmaceda quickly took advantage of 15 again (20-35). Averaging the middle of the second, Racing didn’t miss out and stretched their advantage to more than 20pts.
In the third quarter, Atlético tried to play with juveniles for the most part since the experienced locals were sitting on the bench with four fouls each. During the visit, which made little or no mistakes, the figures of Rinaldi, Schaaf and Fabricius were enlarged, while the local Thorp, Copello and Echeverría tried to keep their team in the game at the end of the third quarter that ended (45-63).
Already in the last one, the green team, continued flourishing through Linares and Leuze who managed to get a maximum difference of 31pts that was maintained until the end of the game that ended 59-90 in favor of the team that Diego Lifschitz technically leads.
SYNTHESIS
Atlético Rosario Tala (59): Marcos Jovanovich 2, Tomás Maidana, Luciano Copello 15, José Allub 5, Juan Melchior 2, Nahuel Echeverría 11, Matías Hauscarriague 6, Joaquín Salinas 0, Jonathan Thorp 12, Agustín Vergara 6, Ignacio Melo, Santiago barber. DT: Luis M. Velázquez.
Racing Club (90): Juan Rinaldi 20, Tomas Leuze 12, Nicolás Nieto 8, Juan Fabricius 14, Cristian Linares 7, Alejo Paoloni, Marcos Panozzo 3, Jorge Schaaf 19, Carlos Balmaceda 7, Bruno Bentancourt, Mateo Handera, Salvador Jacob. DT: Diego Lifschitz.
Source: Atletico Tala Press
