2023-10-04 03:01:00
The Argentine Volleyball Team recovered after the defeat against Canada and, with Bruno Lima as a figure, beat Bulgaria this Monday by 3 to 0, with the partials 27-25, 25-21 and 31-29, in Xi’ an, China, for date 3 of Group C of the 2023 Men’s Volleyball Pre-Olympic. Thus, the team led by Marcelo Méndez has two wins and one defeat on its way to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
With a great performance in reception and blocking, the light blue and white team prevailed over the Bulgarians with Bruno Lima as the top scorer, with 16 points, followed by the historic receiving point Facundo Conte, with 11 points, and Agustín Loser, with 9. Although The European team fought with a solid attack, they had more errors (25 versus 17), especially on the serve.
At the beginning of the first set, Bulgaria started winning. But little by little, towards the end, Argentina got closer. After a blocking error by the rival team, the Albiceleste took the set 27 to 25.
In the second, Argentina began to show an increasingly solid block and more hurtful attacks. With an ace from Pablo Koukartsev, the Argentine national team took the set 25 to 21.
Towards the end, with more and more failures on the part of the Europeans and fewer on the part of the South Americans, Marcelo Méndez’s team was on its way to sealing the match in the third. After several minutes in point-to-point, and with a forehand from Loser, Argentina took the third set 31-29 and sealed the match 3-0.
The National Team shares Group C with Mexico –who they beat 3 to 0–, Canada –they lost 3 to 1–, Bulgaria –they won 3 to 0–, Belgium, Poland, China and the Netherlands. The format of the competition establishes that all the teams face each other and that those that finish best in the standings qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Therefore, the next match will be against Belgium this Wednesday, October 4 at 2.00.
Under the orders of the same coach, in the Olympic Games. In Tokyo, the Argentines obtained a historic bronze medal after beating Brazil 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 25-17 and 15-13) in third and fourth place.
In the Nations League, the team entered the final stage for the first time in its history and then finished in fifth place. Less than a month ago they won the South American final against Brazil in Recife and ended the streak of 59 consecutive years that Verdeamarela had as champions.
Fixture of Argentina matches in the 2023 Volleyball Pre-Olympic
Argentina 3 vs Mexico 0 (25-20, 25-17 and 25-19)Argentina 1 vs Canada 3 (27-25, 25-22, 23-25 and 25-15)Argentina 3 vs Bulgaria 0 (27-25, 25-21 and 31-29)Argentina vs Belgium: Wednesday 4/10 at 02:00Argentina vs Poland: Friday 6/10 at 05:00Argentina vs China: Saturday at 08:30Argentina vs Netherlands: Sunday 8/10 at 02:00
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