Mexico get second victory after five sets against Colombia

CORDOBA, México, Noviembre 27, 2014 - Mexico defeated Colombia in the last match of Pool A at Men’s Volleyball Competition at XXII Central American and Caribbean Games. Mexico won in five sets 27-25, 18-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-12. Both teams advanced to the quarterfinals that will be played on friday.

Humberto Machacon was among Colombia’s top scorers with double digit (23 points) as well as Adonis Herrera (10) and Carlos Alomia (10). For the host team, Daniel Vargas tallied 14.

Mexico won a very tight first set, while Colombia tried to get the best from some faults by the host team to take the second set in their favor. The South American team worked hard with their block in the third. Mexico finished above in serves 5-4 and Colombia was superior in blocks 13-9.

“It was a nice match with both sides giving their best. Congratulations to Mexico. We are here to learn from our defeats. There were also some little details that made a difference. We expect another nice match tomorrow and also give our best”, stated Humberto Machacón of Colombia.

“Congratulations for Colombia. We wish them the best of lucks in their next match. I did not participate today, but the boys had an excelent performance. They showed a great attitude,” said Carlos Guerra, captain of Mexico.

“I congratulate Mexico for being a deserved winner. It was a very tight match. Incidences were decided by 1 or 2 mistakes. You have to be careful in this kind of matches where a ball makes the difference, and this happened through the different sets. It was a nice and vibrating match,” Daniel Moine, coach of Colombia, stated.

“I keep positive things about this match. There is a flavor of victory that remains after just one or two little points of difference, but there are still some things to improve and move on. Machacon was a great player that really charged Colombia on his shoulders, and the match became tough,” Ivan Contreras coach of Mexico remarked.