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Host El Salvador defeats Belize

 

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, November 12, 2013.- El Salvador host of the 15th Boy’s Central American Championship defeated Belize 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-19) in the last match of opening day.

 

The home team boys understood themselves well enough to take control of the actions of the match that lasted 1 hour 10 minutes. El Salvador performed better than Belize in all categories: 30-36 in spikes, 7-3 in blocks and 5-3 in aces and committed less errors than those of Belize by 22-33.

 

Captain Samuel Valdez of El Salvador led his team to victory with 16 points, including 3 aces, along with 11 points from Oscar Gil. Raluni Bernardez of Belize was their best scorer with 12 points.

 

“First I want to thank the crowd for cheering for us; they are an important part of our team. We began anxious but from the second set forward we played with less pressure. Belize performed well but I’m glad we took the win” said Valdez.

 

Yserri Palacio captain of Belize indicated “to be honest, Belize is capable of more than what we did today. This is the first international tournament for us together as a team and we’re lacking chemistry”.

 

Coach Ricardo Rivera of El Salvador was content with his team’s victory “this is an important win because the tournament is very competitive and every point will count in the end. I was surprised with Belize’s performance, they have talented players and they are improving every day; they were up in the score in the second set but my team responded with good reception and a strong attack.”

 

Leslie Leon coach of Belize agreed with his captain “our chemistry is not there yet and we’re making mistakes in the fundamental skills. I can say that 90% of today’s loss was due to nerves as the boys are young and inexperienced.”