Chile is among the top four teams after beating Mexico 

GUANAJUATO, Mexico, September 8, 2016 - Chile and Mexico played the second quarterfinal match. The victory was for the Chilean team by scores of 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-18).

The host team tried to get closer against a South American squad that had Dusan Bonacic as best weapon with double digits. Bonacic totalized 20 points for Chile, followed by Simon Guerra, who registered 12 units.

For Mexico, Bruno Cruz closed with 10 points, while Jose Rubio and Ariel Acosta finished with 8 apiece. Chile worked hard with the blocking game overcoming Mexico with a 14-5 balance. The team coached by Daniel Nejamkin capitalized 24 points by opponent’s error.

“We are glad for this result. Today we played a very good match and we are glad for South America. From a total of four semifinalists, three are from South America. We played with order, maybe we have some difficulties, but went out with order with two great players like Bonacic and Simon Guerra, the best of our team,” stated Daniel Nejamkin, coach of Chile.

“Our final is on Saturday. We could not get into the finals. Chile played very well. They deserved to be there. We will play on Saturday against Dominican Republic for the fifth place and the qualification to the world championship so we will go for that ticket,” said Luis León, coach of Mexico.

“First of all, I want to congratulate Mexico. They played a very tough match. The score was 3-0, but it was really difficult to play against them. They had a fast ball and make points we could not block at the beginning. There are three South American teams among the top four. We are happy for the high level in our region,” said Dusan Bonacic, captain of Chile. 

“I’m sure that today was question of attitude, that’s all. Our priority is to go for the ticket to the World Championship of Egypt. We will fight hard for that on Saturday against Dominican Republic and we will give our best. We will play a hundred percent,” Ariel Acosta, player of Mexico, remarked.