Undefeated champion: Ferro won the men’s U21 Federal League :: Olé

Undefeated and champion, an ideal combo to start closing the year. This is how it ended Ferro Carril Oeste in the Final Quadrangular of the Federal League U21 men’s match that was played last weekend at the DAM stadium in Zárate. El Verde first defeated Pinocchio and then Regatas de San Nicolás in a true final for the title.

Saturday’s action began with the victory of Caballito’s team over Pinocchio by 82-59, thus obtaining their second victory of this definition. Next, Regatas de San Nicolás beat Banco de Santa Fe with authority 91-68 with 23 points from Juan Manzano. In this way, the stage was already set for a clash of undefeated in the last turn to define the champion.

Before the title match, the late shift opened with the victory of Pinocchio over Banco de Santa Fe by 70-63, which in this way achieved its first victory of the Final Quadrangular and took third place thanks to 21 points by Joaquín Taboh.

As it could not be otherwise, the first half of the grand final ended tied at 34. Regatas scored a run of 26-17 in the third and made a key difference thanks to Manzano and Lemme. But Ferro reacted in the last quarter and turned it around with great effectiveness. The appearances of Wolinsky and Flossi were key in that period. Regatas had the chance to tie in the final seconds, but he failed and the victory went to Ferro by 81-77.

In the winner, Juan Manuel Ryzwaniuk was the scorer with 15 points, followed by Tobías Flossi’s 14 and Facundo Wolinsky’s 13. In the Nicolás cast, Juan Manzano, Nicolás Lemme and Juan Ibarra combined for 56 units.