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.
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, José Samayoa was the best with 14 points on his account, supported by Christian Álvarez with 11. For Honduras, Gabriel Flores and Jonathan Mendoza finished with 8 points each.
Josué González, 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”.
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