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Flamengo remains absolute in the season. With a sequence of five three-point balls in the last quarter, the team from Rio had no problems passing through Caballos de Coclé 74-59 this Saturday afternoon, at the Alexis Arguello gym, in Managua, Nicaragua, through the quarterfinals Champions League Americas final. With the result, Rubro-Negro stamped his passport to the semifinal of next Sunday, when he will face the São Paulo, which passed through San Lorenzo. The final will be played on Tuesday.
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It was the team’s 7th consecutive victory in the Champions League Americas and the 24th in the season. Flamengo remains undefeated in 2021, also with a historic campaign in the NBB – 28 wins in 30 matches. Basket of the game, Marquinhos scored 14 points and caught 8 rebounds. Early in the game, he hit three balls followed by three points and was important in decisive moments in the second half. For Caballos de Coclé, Rivera was responsible for the team’s reactions and ended the match with 13 points.
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Flamengo’s Marquinhos in the quarter-finals of the Champions League Americas – Photo: Fiba
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The Champions League Americas can have a semi-final phase that is totally green and yellow. After Flamengo and São Paulo already secured in the semifinals, Minas and Franca can also advance this Saturday. The team from Minas Gerais, second in group D, faces Quimsa, champion of the first edition of the competition and first place in group B. In the last duel of the day, Franca, second in group C, faces Real Esteli, who won group A The duels, in a single match, were decided by lot and have an audience in the stands.
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Undefeated and leader of group D, Flamengo was sovereign in the first quarter. He had a very strong attack and defense rhythm very early in the game. Marquinhos hit two baskets with three points, leaving Rubro-Negro with the advantage of 13 points. Caballos de Coclé, who advanced in the second position of group A, was without offensive power. In the second quarter, with younger players on the court, the team improved. Rivera organized the Panamanians, who lowered the difference to single digits. The teams went to the interval with the score of 35 to 36.
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Caballos de Coclé made a great sequence of attacks at the beginning of the third quarter and was only four points away from Flamengo. But Marquinhos called the responsibility and came back with the advantage. The experienced wing was very important at decisive moments. In the last quarter, Rubro-Negro scored five balls of three points in a row, opened 20 points and left the Panamanians at bay. Caballos de Coclé reacted with Carlos Rodriguez, but the margin of the start of the partial gave the tranquility for the team from Rio to continue with their game and conquer the victory by 74 to 59.
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Lucas Martinez, of Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League Americas – Photo: Fiba
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