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GATINEAU, Canada, June 25- Brazil swept Barbados 3-0 (25-13,
25-12, 25-8) in one hour to finish on top of Pool B at the U21
Men’s Pan American Cup at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau.
Brazil dominated their Caribbean rivals in attacks (24-15),
blocks (12-5) and serving aces (4-1) to seal a spot in the
semifinals on Saturday.
Johan Marengoni led the South American squad with 13 points
while Ammuniki Wood
and the tournament’s top scorer Jabarry Goodridge contributed to
Barbados with five points each.
Fernando Kreling, captain of Brazil: “I think it was an easy
game for us because we controlled the game the whole time, and I
think that’s the way.”
Leonardo Afonso Seix, head coach of Brazil: “I think that we did
our job. We played great all match, hard, and respecting the
other team. It was good because we had a chance to use all
players and rest a little bit. Now we are thinking about the
next two matches for us.”
Ammuniki Wood, captain of Barbados: “We can’t obviously use this
game as a gauge for the quarterfinals because we didn’t play
very well. Despite one of our key hitters being out, Goodridge
wasn’t feeling well, we still have players that can come off the
bench and show quality and qualify. We didn’t really show up
today, we have to go back to the drawing board and work on it.
We really have to kick it up especially for the quarter finals
because we will meet Canada and Chile and both of those are very
good teams. We have to prepare for those teams and come back
kicking out for the quarterfinal games.”
John Stuart, head coach of Barbados: “The game did not go very
well. We had the same problem again, too many bad passes. I hope
for the quarterfinal game tomorrow we can remedy that. We have
practice tomorrow and we will work on our reception again and
hopefully come the quarter final game, we will pass the ball
much better. If we pass well, we stand a chance. If we don’t
pass well, we don’t stand a chance.” |
