Mexico downs Venezuela for second win

MONTERREY, Mexico, November 7, 2013. – Mexico downed Venezuela 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 26-24) for their second win on day two of the I Men’s Final Four Cup.

Coming from behind in the third set by five points, hosts Mexico prevailed as Venezuela wanted to extend the match a little longer. Mexico is the only team undefeated with a 2-0 win-loss record while Venezuela drops to 0-2.

Mexicans had superiority by 40-28 in spikes and 4-3 in service points, and Venezuela was better in blocking by 8-3.

Samuel Cordova scored 11 points including 3 blocks for the Mexican team and Tomas Aquino tallied 10 all in spikes. Venezuela’s Luis Arias was their best scoring 14 points.

“Our opponents are young and developing as well as us which in occasions contribute in the loss of concentration which happened today in the third set. Our defense was precise in crucial points and that helped us comeback to take the win” said Mexican captain Tomas Aquino.

Venezuela’s captain Luis Arias said Mexico did a very good job “we needed to concentrate more and they took advantage of our mistakes in defense. Venezuela improved today because we were able to rest and practice, this is a process and we must continue to go forward.”

“Today’s chat with the team focused on Venezuela’s customary performance which is much better of what we saw yesterday and they definitely proved it. As for Mexico, it’s customary to see young teams relax when winning turning this in overconfidence that develops in anxiety, we experienced that in the third but our more experienced players managed to take control” indicated coach Jorge Azair.

Cuban coach of Venezuela, Gerardo Nodarse expressed “we won’t get used in this short tournament to the ball, but the team adapted better today. Our main goal continues to the preparation for Bolivariano Games. Congratulations to Mexico for their victory.”