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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 20, 2022.
At the close of the fourth day of the V Central
American U23 Championship, Guatemala won 3-2
against El Salvador in a vibrant match that
ended with partials of 25-18/20-25
/21-25/25-17/15-11.
The first set went to Guatemala 25 to 18. For
the second and third sets, the fans present at
the Palacio de los Deportes in San Salvador did
not stop supporting their team and were the fuel
for their team to take over these sets 25 -20
and 25-21.
In the fourth set, Guatemala came on strong,
willing to extend the match to a fifth set, and
that's how it was, thanks to corner hitter
Javier Lucero, the Guatemalans defeated the
locals 25-17.
In the fifth and final set, Guatemala drowned
out the scream of point to the fans who cheered
the locals, beating them 15-11.
Guatemala had three outstanding players who
together scored 55 points for their team: Javier
Lucero with 21, José Pérez with 19 and Yeferson
Zavala with 15.
Abner Cano of El Salvador was the spark for his
team with 23 points, but it was not enough to
win.
The Guatemalans were better attacking 61-45 and
serving 10-4, while El Salvador led in blocking
11-9 committing 26 errors to Guatemala's 36.
Guatemala will face Honduras at 5:00 pm and El
Salvador will face Panama at 7:30 pm, on the
last day of competition.
statements
Javier Lucero, striker from Guatemala:
“It was a very hard-fought match, the opposing
players are very strong, we expected a better
result, although we got the victory and we are
still fighting for a medal”.
Rodrigo Mayora, center back of El Salvador:
“We had a very complicated game, extensive due
to rain problems, it was very complicated for
us, the truth is that we were all tired from the
previous games, but it was a very close game
that we all tried to play the best possible, the
rival was just as strong as us and the result
could have been for anyone”. |
