The Cuban men’s team surpassed that of Czech Republic 3-0 (25-22, 25-18 and 25-18) and advanced to the final of the Challenge Cup in volleyballheld at the Jamsil Student Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.
In accordance with the review of the website Hitthe Caribbean cast starred in “the best performance in its still short 2022 season”, being superior on the pitch with two of its most effective weapons, in which it marked wide differences with respect to its rivals: in attack (41-28) and block (16-5)
With this victory, his second in the tournament after their initial success against Chilethe Cubans secured their ticket to the title discussion and the only ticket available to reach the 2023 League of Nations. In that match, which will be played this Sunday —at 2:30 am in Cuba due to the time difference— , those from the Island will face Turkey, who beat the host team 3-0 in the other semifinal.
As for the game against the Czechs, the corner attacker Miguel Angel Lopez and the opposite Jesús Herrera excelled in attack and were the top scorers of the match with 17 points (13 on offense, 3 blocks, 1 with serves) and 14 (12-2-0) respectively.
Another with double digits was the assistant attacker Osniel Mergarejo, author of 10 goals (7-2-1), while the center-backs also contributed to the victory, especially Roamy Alonso with 8 units, while Javier Concepción signed 6, the information specifies. .
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Considers Hit that the reception of the Antillean cast was safer than that of their rivals, and that the passer Adrián Goide distributed the attack “with greater tact, without forgetting the collaboration of the experienced libero Yonder García.
However, in service the Cubans were below the Czechs —2 aces to 3— and they made more errors of their own (22-16), many of them on serve, mainly in the third set, the report adds.
The Caribbean squad started their game wrong and was down on the scoreboard in the first set until reaching the tie in goal 16. After another hug to 18 they achieved a string of four points due to attacks by López and two consecutive ones by Mergarejo, plus a blockade to head for the partial victory.
In the second set, those led by Nicolás Vives achieved a wide lead of 12 points, but unforced errors and the rival game gradually reduced the differences. However, the Czech reaction was not enough, nor was it in the third set, won calmly by those from the Island.
With this outcome, the Cubans took revenge for the setback suffered four years ago against the Czech Republic. That was the last time that both casts had been net through, back then in the tournament held in Portugal.
