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SAN SALVADOR Day three of competition in the V
Men's U23 Central American Championship would
end with an electrifying encounter between the
locals, El Salvador and Nicaragua, who fought to
maintain their undefeated record. With partials
25-23/23-25/22-25/25-19/15-13, the Nicaraguans
won the match with a score of 3-2.
The first set favored Nicaragua 25-23, with the
same number of points, but in favor of El
Salvador the second set ended, tying the match
1-1.
The third set was for the locals 25-22, the team
did not stop listening to the screams of the
fans who came to support them at the Palacio de
los Deportes in San Salvador.
The fourth set would be for the Nicaraguans
25-19, thus extending to a fifth and final set
that would also favor them 15-13, thus achieving
their third consecutive victory.
The best scorer for Nicaragua was Axel Gutiérrez
with 28 points, also the top scorer of the date,
for El Salvador Abner Cano scored 25 points for
his team. Diego Navarro (ESA) and Jefferson
Cascante (NIC) each had 17 points for their
teams.
Attacks were dominated by Nicaragua 66 to 58,
both teams finished equal in blocks 11-11 as
well as errors made 31 each, while services were
predominant for El Salvador 5 to 2.
For this Saturday, Nicaragua will play Honduras
at 5:00 p.m. and at 7:30 p.m. El Salvador will
play against Guatemala.
statements
Axel Gutiérrez, opposite of Nicaragua: "Today we
played a well-fought game with the El Salvador
team, they are home, an incredible supporter
that supports them to the full, we were losing
2-1, tears, lawsuits, we knew how to get the
game out of everything ”.
Abner Cano, winger from El Salvador: "We had a
very difficult game with the Nicaraguan team, we
thought we could win, our goal was to win but we
couldn't do it, we just have to play with our
heads held high and beat the other countries". |
