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After falling seven at the start of an overtime first half, Vinotinto de las Alturas achieved a long and important 86-77 win against Chile, leaving this second qualifying window for the Americup unbeaten.
“The tailor” Heissler Guillént, who the day before had left some doubts, brought out the breed and together with Michael Carrera sealed the victory of the Venezuelans.
Inspired by the 73-69 victory over Colombia on Friday, those led by Fernando Duró took the field at the Obras Sanitaria stadium, expecting to finish soon, but – despite the 15-10 in the first quarter – they were shocked by Chile.
Those of coach Cristian Santander showed surprising agility. They managed to equalize the second quarter at 6pm to rest in the standings by just five points (35-30) and attack with everything in the second half.
Taking advantage of Venezuela’s many defeats and taking advantage of the height of its players, Chile signed a third quarter of 20-25 to go to the last quarter at 55.
Both defenses have fought in the last half and that is why the scoreboard closed with only 11 entries per side and a tie that required extra time.
In the first overtime, Chile took advantage of seven and forced Duró to ask for time to tidy up his boys. Vinotinto, today in royal blue, is back on the pitch to show her experience at the World Cup.
They equalized and forced an extraordinary second, in which Guillént and Carrera gave no respite to the Chileans.
Carrera finished as the Creole top scorer with 22 points, while Guillént contributed 19 points and for the second consecutive day he was the leader in assists with 11.
Pedro Chourio, on the other hand, remained at 13 after leaving his salary in the last quarter due to a discomfort in his leg.
Venezuela dropped their 3-1 record and are the leader of Group A.
The next window will start on February 18, 2021 and Vinotinto will again be measured in Colombia and Chile.
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