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Olympics: The Panthers suffered their second loss in Tokyo

2021-07-27T06:45:54.513Z


The women's volleyball team fell 3-0 to the Russian Olympic Committee team. On Wednesday, at 21 in our country, they will face Italy.


07/27/2021 1:23 AM

  • Clarín.com

  • sports

Updated 07/27/2021 1:23 AM

The Panthers

They could not with the powerful team of

the Russian Olympic Committee

and added their second defeat at the Tokyo Olympics.

The women's volleyball team, who had fallen in straight sets against the United States in their debut,

also lost 3-0 or (partials of 25-19, 25-15 and 25-13) and placed last in group B .

The opposite

Erika Mercado

, born in Ecuador but nationalized Argentina, scored 13 points and was the top national scorer, who will seek to reverse the weak start this Wednesday at 21 in our country against Italy.

The first set began with the Russian team as the protagonist, but the Argentines, who went from highest to lowest, fought and with a good passage came close to a point (12-13), with Mercado and Santa Fe

Elina Rodríguez

as players most prominent.

Erika Mercado was the top Argentine scorer, with 13 points.

Photo EFE / EPA / MAST IRHAM

However, the Eurasians showed almost no fissures in their game and, very forceful in attack and solid in blocking, they escaped first 16-13 and then closed the set.

In the second quarter,

Nataliya Goncharova

, the match's top scorer with 17 points, continued to make a difference and Russia took advantage of her superiority on the block to take off 17-11.

With that advantage on the scoreboard, the Eurasians had no problems to lead the victory, against some Argentines who never found the holes to hurt.

"We leave with a bitter feeling. We had started well and we couldn't keep it up," said

Daniela Bulaich

,

disappointed,

adding four points.

And he added: "The illusion is always there, although we are realistic. We have a hard area, but we are going to give our best."

Meanwhile,

Hernán Ferraro

, coach of the Argentine national team, affirmed: "The girls leave everything, but with that it is not enough to beat these teams, because when you give them a little advantage, they pass you by. We could never find the game ".

Yas Nizetich, one of the great figures of the team, has been playing since the debut with a discomfort in his right elbow.

Fotom EFE / EPA / MAST IRHAM

And he highlighted how much the injury to

Yas Nizetich

, one of the great figures, who has been playing with a discomfort in his right elbow since his debut,

affects the team's performance

.

"She suffers a lot from her injury and the team does not end up finding an identity. It is the one that gives stability, but she cannot serve because her elbow hurts, and it is essential in counterattacks," said the coach. 

Source: clarin

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