Brazil takes silver (men) and bronze (women) medal on II Mercosul Indoor Hockey Tournament  x5
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August 2, 2004 
Bruno Patricio
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"Brazil takes silver (men) and bronze (women) medal on II Mercosul Indoor Hockey Tournament
On July 28th to August 1st Florianópolis - state of Santa Catarina held the II Mercosul Indoor Hockey Tournament under 17. Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Paraguai participated with young and exciting teams, in sequence to the idea of the development of indoor hockey in South America. On the men's competition, Brazil finished 2nd and on women's competition Brazil took the bronze medal.
Men's competition
On the first match of the day, Argentina took the young and unexperienced Peru team. With pace, Argentina easily won the game by 6-3. After this game, Brazil and Paraguai played and exciting and fast indoor hockey game. Showing good hockey, the first period was dominated by Brazil, who lost many opportunities to finish the game and the score was 3-1. But on the second period, Peru came stronger and equilized to 4-4. Only lefting 3 minutes to the end of the game, Brazil scored the last goal to win by 5-4.
On the next day, Argentina played against Paraguai, and again won the game easily by 4-2. Then, on the last game of the day, Brazil took Peru without four players. Playing with heart and dedication, Brazil started strong and fast and sooner made 3-0, but before the end of the first period Peru scored to finish 3-1. On second period, Peru scored twice to equalize on 3-3, but Brazil scored one more goal and the game finished 4-3.
The games on friday were the previous of the final matches of the tournament. Peru and Paraguai played an openning game, and Paraguai won by 6-4. The next game was the most exciting of the tournament. Brazil and Argentina played a fast, exciting and excellent indoor hockey game. On the first minutes of the game, Argentina, playing a fast hockey as they never played on the tournament, sooner made 2-0, but Brazil, with patience and showing good tactical aplication, scored one goal to reduce Argentina's lead. At the end of the first period, Argentina score one more time and the first period finished 3-1. The emotions were kept to the second period. Playing an excellent hockey, Brazil never left the argentineans increase their lead, and the game went to 5-4 only lefting 2 minutes to the buzzer. Brazil pressured Argentina and tried to equilize, but the argetineans hold the brazilians to win the game.
On Saturday, Paraguai and Peru played for the third spot, and Peru won the game and took the bronze medal. The final between Argentina and Brazil was a good indoor hockey game, but Argentina played with pace and intelligence and gave no chance to Brazil. The final score was 7-3 and Argentina won the men's tournament, followed by Brazil, Peru and Paraguai.
Women's competition
On the first match of the day, Argentina easily won the game against Peru by 18-1. After that, Brazil and Paraguai played a good indoor hockey game, but the brazilian girls lost to Paraguai by 6-2. The second day of the tournament Brazil took Argentina, and lost by 10-1, while Paraguai defeated Peru by 6-2.
On the third day of the tournament, Argentina and Paraguai made the first game of the day, and Paraguai surprised the argentineans. Paraguai took the lead and made 3-0, but the argentineans reduced the score to 3-2. Paraguai made one more goal to increase the lead to 4-2, but at the end of the game Argentina put pressure to draw the game. The final score was 4-4.
On the next game of the day, the brazilian girls expected to reach their first international victory against Peru, and the game was not easy. Brazil played with heart and showed good indoor hockey to win the game by 2-1. Their victory was celebrated by the crowd.
The final matches were played on saturday, and Argentina gave no chance to Paraguai to win the game by 10-0. Brazil played against Peru for the third spot, and won the game by 3-2. Eleven of the twelve brazilian girls started to play hockey at the beginning of this year, and this competition showed that Brazil is on the right way.
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