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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 20, 2022.
Four hard-fought sets were played between Costa
Rica and Panama in the first game of the day on
Saturday, where the Costa Ricans won 3-1 with
partial 25-19/23-25/25- 19/25-19 in the
framework of the V Men's U23 Central American
Championship.
Costa Rica began by winning the game 25 to 19,
with a seasoned Panama that would not give up.
For the second set, the Costa Ricans largely
dominated until point 20 and Panama had a
positive streak of points that would end up
giving them victory in this set. The third and
fourth set would be for Costa Rica with the same
score 25-19.
Dowshel Mc Donald Smith scored 20 and Josué
Rojas 16 for the Costa Rican team as the best
scorers in the first game. While for Panama,
Daniel Andrade got 14 points and Denzel Arboine
11.
Costa Rica dominated attacks 59-43, blocks 10-8,
services 4-3. With 28 errors from Cota Rica for
25 from the Panamanians.
For Sunday, on the last day of competition
Panama will face the hosts at 7:30pm and Costa
Rica will face Nicaragua at 2:30pm.
statements
Deykel Smith, striker, Costa Rican National
Team:
“We knew it was going to be a very difficult
game because Panama is a very strong team, we
have to concentrate, we can't lose here, we give
everything on the pitch”.
Daniel Andrade, center back, Panama National
Team:
“Unfortunately we couldn't win the match against
Costa Rica, they were a very strong rival, we
gave it our all, but we couldn't get the
victory. We have one game left against El
Salvador, and we are going to try to win it and
give it our all”. |
