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Guatemala Without difficulties beat
Honduras at U19 Central American Championship
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador December 11, 2024.-
In a one-side game, Guatemala beat Honduras 3-0 (27-25,
25-16, 25-15), improving their record to two wins and one loss, after
four days of competition at the 15th AFECAVOL Men�s
Volleyball Central American Championship.
Guatemala was only challenged in the first set against a Honduras squad
that was insistent, but did not show the same inspiration in the rest of
the match.
Honduras, although it has shown certain flashes in the Central American
U-19, has yet to win in four games. The Hondurans' next rival will be
Panama, while Guatemala faces Belize.
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Guatemala was better in all aspects of the game, with a better attack in
which it collected 34 points against the rival's 22. Guatemala was also
better in points achieved in attack 7-5, and service 5-3. In points due
to unforced errors, Guatemala gave up 26 to Honduras' 31.
On
the attack for Guatemala, Jos� Samayoa was the best with 14 points on
his account, supported by Christian �lvarez with 11. For Honduras,
Gabriel Flores and Jonathan Mendoza finished with 8 points each.
Josu� Gonz�lez, captain of Guatemala, mentioned after the victory: �It
is a very important victory for us, because of the points it gives us,
that favors our goal of reaching the podium. The key to success against
Honduras was that we played as a team and things went very well for us�.
For his part, Rafael Vargas, captain of Honduras, said: �I feel like
there wasn't that much difference between both teams, but what did make
the difference was the attitude and confidence. As a group we also
missed a lot of serves, we needed a little blocking, that didn't help
much in the first set, but after that we didn't block much�. |
