Brazil holds top spot

Chile wins big over Venezuela to take second place in the Men’s Hockey Open Series 2018 standings before the last day of competition

Rebecca Kanter


Brazil v Uruguay. Photo: Oscar Munoz Badilla

PER 5-0 BOL (PER 4-0 BOL)

During the first match on day 4 of the Men’s competition of the Hockey Open Series 2018, both Peru and Bolivia, respectively, were looking for their first goals as well as first win of the competition. Peru asserted themselves early with a penalty corner goal by Fabrizio CORNO in the 3rd minute. Five minutes later, Peru was awarded another penalty corner and the play resulted in a penalty stroke that CORNO converted to make it PER 2-0 BOL. For the rest of the first quarter, Peru continued to pressure hard in their attacking circle, but Bolivia’s defense played hard and prevented Peru from scoring further in the first quarter.