SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 17, 2024.- Cuba continued its victorious path defeating Guatemala in straight sets 3 -0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-20), who finished the preliminary round without victory (0-4), on Wednesday in the Men’s Pan American Volleyball Cup that’s being played at the National Volleyball Pavilion of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center.
Cuba led Guatemala in attacks 41-29, in blocks 9-2 and in serves 4-0.
For Cuba, José Romero scored 20 points, Thiago Suárez 14 and Jakdiel Contreras added another 7. For Guatemala, José Pérez finished with 10 points, while Carlos López and Jason Hernández added 6 points each.
Mario Izquierdo, coach of Cuba: It was a fairly calm match despite the fact that in the second set the boys got too confident, and it caused us a bit of problems in some aspects of the game, but we also gave our reserve players some time on the court thinking about tomorrow’s match which is the most important one because we will decide the first place in our group against the Dominicans.
Reider Mora, coach of Guatemala: We knew that we were going against a much more solid Cuban team, with a good level of play and we knew that it was a very difficult opponent, but the boys made the effort and without a doubt that this tournament helped us a lot to continue raising our level.
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