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.” |