The Santiago forward Gabriel Deck (25 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists) and the Facundo Campazzo Cordovan base (12 goals and 9 goal passes) were the national figures, while the Venezuelan forward Michael Carrera (19 points, 7/10 in field shots) became the best of his team.
With this victory, Argentina secured its passage to the quarterfinals, the objective sought, and continues in the race for one of the two tickets to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, while Venezuela was eliminated of the competition and will go for the reclassification to the Olympic event.
The fullness and contribution in offense of Scola (7 points), the versatility and handling of Facundo Campazzo and the good defensive work at the collective levelThey gave him an advantage at the end of the first quarter by 17 to 12.
Opposite, Venezuela planted a tactical scheme of defense man to man and bet on long attacks, on the edge of the 24 seconds of possession, although Argentina took advantage of the speed of legs of its perimeter and avoided breakups and easy annotations.
The Argentine set his best version at the dawn of the second period: he defended intensely, scored from outside the 6.25 meter line and ran when he cut the Venezuelan passes circuit (11 to 2 in that area). That is why those directed by Sergio Hernández went ahead by 30 to 20 with 4.32m. to be played
The company composed of Campazzo (4 assists) and Deck (9 points), both men of Real Madrid of Spain, paid off in attack in the remaining time, to the point that the offensive rebounds taken by the opponent (10) were concealed and the initial stage ended up by 38-25.
"It seems that we are debuting, we are very nervous," Durado acknowledged before the start of the second half in a note with the international television signal. Y those nerves in Venezuela were taken full advantage of by Argentina, which it had in Campazzo at its best since driving. The Cordoba perfectly applied the 'pick and roll' with Marcos Delía and Deck, as main assistants, and also appeared Patricio Garino (10 points) in the perimeter to go 63-47 to the front.
Argentina went out to play on last quarter with its two substitute bases, Nicolás Laprovíttola and Luca Vildoza, and the return of Scola, sitting in the third for his three fouls, and gave rest to the rest of the headlines. In this way and, without too many shocks, the 'albiceleste' team won a key victory with an overwhelming 87-67.
Argentina will define the first place in the area next Sunday against Poland, the other classified to the quarters, from 9 (Argentine time) in Foshan, while Venezuela will play against Russia before to define the group's third place, from 5, in the same venue.
Synthesis of the match
87 ARGENTINA: Campazzo 12, Vildoza 3, Garino 10, Scola 15 and Delía 6 (FI); Laprovíttola 9, Deck 25, Cáffaro 3, Fjellerup 0, Redivo 0, Galizzi 2, Brussino 2. DT: Sergio Hernandez
67 VENEZUELA: Guillent 10, Lewis 6, Vargas 0, Ruiz 2, Colmenares 5 (FI); Carrera 19, Graterol 0, Chourio 2, Belthelmy 11, Vargas 10, Zamora 2. DT: Fernando lasted.
Stadium: Foshan International Sports & Cultural Arena. Partial: Argentina 17-12, 21-13, 25-22 and 24-20. Referees: Yohan Rosso (France), Matthew Albert Myers (United States) and Yevgeniy Mikheyev (Kazakhstan).
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