Mexico defeats Venezuela by 3-1: XVI Pan American Games - Volleyball news
The men’s volleyball matches of the XVI Pan American Games Guadalajara took place on the Monday, October 24, in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The first round of the championship saw the Mexicans compete with the Venezuelan squad as the home team made
its first appearance. The debut was good for Mexico and they beat their opponents 3-1.
The first set of the match was competitive and saw both teams come out strong. However, as the game progressed, the Mexicans were able to bag themselves the opening set. The second set started off with Venezuela performing better but the Mexicans were able
to overtake them later and get a 2-0 advantage in the game. The loss of the first two sets triggered the Venezuelans into action and they were able to put up a strong performance to avoid a clean sweep by bagging the third set of the game. The fourth set started
off even but the Mexicans managed to get the lead and stick with it until the end of the match which declared the Mexicans victors at 25-23, 25-20, 26-28 and 25-21.
The coach of the Mexican team, Jorge Azair, expressed himself in the following manner at the press conference that was conducted after the match reached its close: “I think winning is always good. Fortunately we won today. We have to improve in some situations,
playing more aggressively but at the same time with more calm against the upcoming teams, that are very tough. We stabilized our service a little bit as well as our reception. That will help us to be more productive in our attack and counterattacks.”
On the other hand, the coach of the Venezuelan team, Gilberto Herrera, shared his feelings by making the following statements: “I can’t ask for more. This is the first international match played by this team, a very young one. If we had more than 30 matches
a year the situation would have been different.”
The player that was able to score the highest number of points in the entire match belonged to the Mexican squad. Ivan Contreras was able to be the top scorer with a total of 20 points. On the other hand, the Venezuelan player that was most active was Carlos
Guerra who scored 16 points in all.
The Mexicans were able to perform well in the blocking as well as the serving departments. The Mexicans scored a total of eight blocks while the Venezuelan squad managed to put up seven. The service aces that the Mexicans accomplished were four while the
Venezuelans made three of them.
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