The Peru U19 volleyball team suffered its first defeat in the Bolivarian Games last Friday, December 5th ‘white-red’ He started winning, but his current rival, Venezuelacame back into the game in the fifth set (3:2). This ended the first phase of the continental competition and made way for the final phase.
The technician Antonio Rizola He broke his silence in the mixed zone and spoke about the demise of the “Bicolor”. The Brazilian argued that his squad had already surpassed the performances achieved in other editions of this tournament, explaining that he faced this competition with girls under 19 years old.
“Don’t forget that we already have a better result than the one Peru achieved at the Bolivarians. The last result was third place and now we are second. With a group like this, with young athletes.” This is not an excuse, but what we are showing here is that there is a process in Peru and that it is a good process“, Start.
The national coach explained how the game would play: “We can’t prepare for five months and then say on match day that it’s worthless. It’s worth it, not just because of the win, but also because of the experience and to get through decision-making situations like today.” You could see that after losing the first two sets we managed to come back and win by two points. They recovered with their strength and took two sets. We feel the burden of losing her. In the tiebreak we started with 6:0 and ended with 16:14. We managed to get the score to 12, then we were 14-13 and had a chance to win.”
After, Rizola He took the time to address the numerous questions fans have been asking him due to the changes he made during the signing prior to the year ‘Red wine‘. The foreign coach also pointed out what the team needed to improve on the final of the Bolivarian Games.
“In every moment of the game we talk about what that moment requires. For Sunday we have to improve a lot the aggressiveness of our serves because if the game with the central defenders is like today, it will be difficult for us.” There are decisions that are always questioned. When I save the players they will say, “Why did you save her?” They had to play after such a long training period.” If I let them play, they will say, “Why did you play?” It’s a game that’s worthless.’ It’s not like that, yes, it’s okay. At the end I spoke to Adriano, the coach of Venezuela, and he told me: “I would like to play twenty games like this a year,” because for them it is growth,” he elaborated.
Finally, the Brazilian strategist spoke about the final against Venezuela next Sunday. “We already have the silver medal. Now it can be golden and we will do everything to achieve it. Venezuela will certainly do everything it can to win this medal. “Both teams have shown that they are the best at the moment.”
The Peruvian team can take revenge on him Venezuela when I face him again in the final Bolivarian Games 2025. This game is scheduled for Sunday, December 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Eduardo Dibós Colosseum in the San Borja district.
Antonio Rizola and companies need to be careful with the key figures ‘Red wine’. One of them is Alejandra Santanathe center who could play for them ‘two-tone’ and that stood out in this competition. The La Guaira-born player caused headaches for the national blockers.