Brazil defeats Puerto Rico, Finished first round on top of pool A
 

MEXICALI, Mexico.-  Brazil defeated Puerto Rico 3-0 (25-17, 25-9, 25-18) and finished on top of Pool A at the Boys’ U19 Pan American Cup.

Joao Ferreira finished with 15 points for Brazil, while Flavio Gualberto tallied 9. For Puerto Rico, Carlos Acosta scored 7.

“We discovered a lot of weakness in this match and We’ll try to find the way of correcting them prior to the World Championship”, said Acosta.

 “Brazil took advantage of our mistakes, and we need to be more consistent in blocking, despite the loss this was good for us, because it will help us to identify what we must improve”, stated Ramon Lawrence, coach of Puerto Rico.

“We have been growing up in this tournament step by step. We still have to be better in our counterattack and make the most of our synchronization between the passing and spiking game”, said Flavio.

“We studied Puerto Rico while watching them in yesterday’s match before this one, as like Flavio said, we hope to improve to be in good shape for the world championship”, remarked Brazilian coach Percy Oncken.