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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, August 18, 2022. In
the first match of the second day of the U23
Men's Central American Championship, the
Nicaraguan team won with a score of 3-1
(25-15/20-25/18-25/19-25). ) to the defenders of
the title the selection of Guatemala.
For the first set, the current champion of the
category was forceful, taking advantage of 10
points in the final quarter (25-15).
Nicaragua came from less to more to take the
second and third set with partials of 20-25 and
18-25.
In the fourth set, both teams showed how much
they wanted one to extend to the fifth set and
the other to settle the match, finally the match
ended in the fourth set with a partial of 19-25
in favor of Nicaragua.
José Pablo Pérez was the best scorer of the game
for Guatemala with 15 points, followed by Jason
Hernández with 14 and for the Nicaraguan team
Axel Gutiérrez was the one who scored the most
points with 21.
The attack 50-43, blocking 14-11 and serving 3-2
was dominated by Nicaragua.
In this way the Nicaraguans reap their second
victory while the Guatemalans a victory and a
defeat.
This Friday Guatemala will face Panama at 2:30
pm and Nicaragua will face El Salvador at 5:00
pm.
statements
Jeffrey Porres, Guatemalan point guard:
"Unfortunately things didn't work out, we
couldn't finish the game, I feel like we could
give more and we have to keep working the
following days".
Yerick García, opposite Nicaragua:
“We had a very complicated match, we knew it was
tough from the start, against the four-time
champions, we had been working for that, thank
God we got the result, we had a bit of
complications in the first set but our The coach
knew how to handle the situation and lead us to
victory”. |
