SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, July 19, 2024.- Mexico beat Peru with in straight sets 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-20) in the qualification match for positions 7-10, in the XVII Pan American Men’s Volleyball Cup.
Mexico prevailed in attacks 39-32, in blocks 12-4 and in serves 2-1.
Mexico’s scoring was led by Franky Milantony with 15 points, accompanied by Mauro Fuentes and Yasutaka Sanay with 12 and 10 pints respectively. For Peru, the most outstanding player was Francis Mendoza with 17 points, followed by Daniel Porras with 8 and Sebastián Blanco who added 7.
Franky Milantony, player from Mexico: The truth is it was a difficult match because since we are playing the loser’s round, we are emotionally defeated so in this match whoever had the best spirit was going to come out with the best part and thank God we won.
Francis Mendoza, player from Peru: We were greatly affected by the injury of captain Eduardo Romay, Mexico is a great team, they have been playing together for a long time, they go on tours and play different tournaments, unlike us, we only play in the National League, we train for two months and travel; but that is what we have and it has cost us a lot but we are still here.
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