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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, October 21, 2015. - Panama beat El
Salvador 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-22) for their first victory at
the AFECAVOL Men’s U-19 Central American Championship at Teodoro
Palacios Flores Gymnasium.
Panama improves to a 1-4 win-loss record and ten points while El
Salvador finishes the competition with 2-4 record and seven
points. In their last performance Panama will face Belize (0-5).
Panama easily took control of the actions while El Salvador
engaged in errors and performing with slow rhythm. Panama’s
spikers executed without resistance during the first two sets;
El Salvador was more focused in the third and improved their
performance, keeping the score closer.
The winners prevailed with huge 41-16 margin in kills and 4-0 in
aces; in blocking both squads scored 3 points. Panama committed
31 errors and El Salvador 27.
Outside hitter Jose Anguizola of Panama topped with 18 points,
15 on kills, 1 block and 2 aces, Ramon Gonzalez chipped in with
13 points. Middle blocker Diego Guidos scored 6 points for El
Salvador.
“We performed with more confidence and we had fun; this helped
us to win” said captain Anguizola.
Diego Ascencio captain of El Salvador indicated “my final
thoughts about the tournament are that we must continue to work
with commitment, we know if we focus harder we can play better”.
Marco Perez coach of Panama said “we chatted with the team to
motivate them and they were able to speak about their emotions
and thoughts about their previous performances, I believe this
did them well because the played with a different attitude. This
is their first experience with the national team and their
process will continue; we must find more funding to contribute
with their development”.
Coach Gerson Ceron of El Salvador said “I am satisfied, the team
fought hard and the result is better than I expected. It’s the
first international competition for many and I am glad that we
did a lot with little practice”. |
