Brazil beats U.S. by 3-1 in Pan American Games men’s volleyball match
The Pan American men’s volleyball tournament is currently taking place in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. One of the pool play matches saw the Americans compete with the Brazilians on the Wednesday, October 26. The clash between the two sides went on for
four thrilling sets at the end of which the Brazilians found themselves on the winning 3-1.
The first set was lost by the Brazilians as the Americans put on a good show that took them all the way to an opening set win. However, the Brazilians stepped up their game in the second set and equalised the match by securing the set in a comfortable manner.
Once they got going, there was no stopping the Brazilians in the third set as well as they were able to smother the Americans completely. The fourth set saw a bit of life from the Americans but they put in a half hearted effort compared to the strong performance
of the Brazilians that got them the match win at the following final set scores: 18-25, 25-17, 25-14 and 25-18.
The coach of the American team, John Speraw, expressed himself in the following manner at the press conference that was conducted after the match had reached its close: “Brazil plays at a velocity not seen in the university level where most of these players
are. Our middle blockers did a good job and I am pleased with the way Kyle Caldwell is developing as a setter.”
On the other hand, coach Rubinho Leonaldo of the Brazilian team shared his sentiments in the following manner: “We made many errors in our attacks and counterattacks before the argument with the referees. Our game improved after the second set and we were
able to find the right balance.”
The performance of the Brazilian squad was better than that of their rivals in many aspects. Particularly, the blocking skills of the Brazilians gave the Americans a hard time making head way in the match. The Brazilians were able to put up a total of 12
blocks in the entire match while the Americans could only manage five. Not only were the Brazilians better in the blocking department, the serving of Brazil was also quite better than that of the Americans. The total numbers of service aces that the Brazilians
pulled off in the match were four whereas the Americans could only score on two of them.
The player that was able to score the highest number of points in the entire match was the Brazilian Wallace Martins who put up a total of 19 points for his team. On the American side, Evan Patak and Nicholas Vogel made their mark by tallying nine points
each.
Tags: