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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 17, 2022.
The hosts, El Salvador, won 3-1
(23-25/25-15/25-19/25-20) against their similar
team from Honduras in a close match that lasted
until the fourth set.
The first set was dominated by El Salvador, but
they failed to contain the lead losing 23-25
to Honduras.
For the next three sets, the Salvadorans came
from less to more to get the victory with
partials of 25-15/15-19/25-20.
Diego Navarro was the top scorer for El Salvador
with 21 points and Alejandro Lobo stood out
scoring 15 points for the Honduran team.
El Salvador dominated attacks 53-36, as well as
blocks 10-4. El Salvador was superior in
services 3-1.
For this Thursday Honduras will face Panama at
5:00 pm and El Salvador will face Costa Rica at
7:30 pm. Meetings at the Palacio de los Deportes
in San Salvador.
statements
Gabriel Linares, coach of El Salvador:
“The truth is that the first matches are always
complex, the anxiety of the boys took its toll
on us in the first set. But we managed to get
back on track, of the game and thank God we
managed to control the last three sets and apply
ourselves”.
Diego Guidos, captain of El Salvador:
“The game now, as we expected, a close game,
Honduras is a team that we have known for many
years, we knew that it was going to be difficult
for us, the team entered a little nervous, we
have new players, rookies, the anxiety killed us
the first set, a set that we had quite dominated
and that the lack of experience at the time of
closing made it difficult for us, adjustments
were made, with some pieces that they have, more
experience and those helped us to lead the
victory more easily ”
Marvin Ulloa, coach of the Honduran national
team:
"I can only say that it was very positive for
us, we developed many very young players, we
made the debut of the youngest player in the
tournament, we leave with a bittersweet taste
because if we wanted to win".
Alejandro Lobo, captain of Honduras:
“We loved playing against the crowd, we didn't
expect defeat but we're going to keep fighting
until the end”. |
