The Mais Querido Under-17 basketball team won the bronze medal this Sunday (01) in the Super Four tournament, held at Campinas Tênis Clube, in São Paulo. Against Obras Sanitárias, from Argentina, Rubro-Negro won 59 to 46 in the dispute for 3rd place. 

The championship began last Friday (29), when Flamengo, missing two important players, debuted against the Argentinians. On that occasion, the boys from Gávea ended up being defeated by 55 to 52, in a tough game, which ended only in the second overtime. The following day, against the home team, another defeat by 65 to 49, as well as against Pinheiros (SP), this time by 66 to 63, despite the good performance of the cast. 

"The team played very well, we were ahead on the scoreboard practically the entire game and in the final minutes we gave up the lead and they ended up winning by a margin of just 3 points," commented Marcos Beegu, the team's coach. 

On Sunday (01), Mais Querido had to face Obras Sanitárias again. In a beautiful match, the red-blacks achieved their first victory in the tournament and secured the bronze medal. 

"We played very well. The team played very well in the second half, the defense was strong, and we managed to counterattack a lot, which made our attack easier. We won by 13 points. We finished third, and I'm very pleased with the players' performance throughout the tournament," said Beegu. 

Igor, Magno and Matheus Macaé were Flamengo's highlights in the competition.