Peru beats Trinidad and Tobago to play for seventh place

Chiclayo, July 11, 2019. Peru, backed by hundreds of fans who came to the Coliseo Cerrado in this city, won 3-0 (25-15, 25-10, 25-14) to Trinidad and Tobago, advancing to the game for the seventh place of the XVIII Pan American Cup.

The host team will face Cuba, team that won in five disputed set in the group stage in Trujillo.

Angela Leiva, with 18 points, for the best for Peru and Leslie Leyva finished with 10, plus 9 for Captain Karla Ortiz. For Trinidad and Tobago, Kiune Fletcher scored 9 and 8 for captain Darlene Ramdin.

Peru dominated the attack 37-18, 6-4 blocking and serving 11-1, committing 16 errors for 21 of their opponents.

The best scorer in Peru, Leiva said "we are happy with the win, we came to get the result and we thank the people of Chiclayo who came to support us. It took us a while to adapt to the game of Trinidad and Tobago, but when we did we could make a better game. "

The captain of Peru, Leyda, said "it was a complicated game because of the game of Trinidad, sometimes we could not keep our rhythm and we fell to the rhythm of them. We know that we have to correct some things that tomorrow before Cuba that will be very complicated ".

Francisco Hervás, coach of Perú: "The truth is that it has not been the match that I have left to much happy. It was a victory, but I would have liked to find more intensity and keep it in our field. Trinidad did his job, but we would have liked to be a little more aggressive".

"The game against Cuba is very complicated, they are a team that showed in the whole first phase and pressed everyone, playing five sets with Argentina, Dominican... we know it will be a difficult game and we will have to play better than today."

Cuba and Peru will play for seventh place in the Pan American Cup at 8:00 p.m. after the game of Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago at 6:00 p.m, which will define points 9-10 of the tournament.

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