After their exit from the group stage of the World Cup, André and George shine

If gold served as redemption for Ana Patrícia and Duda for their performance at the World Cup, the same goes for André and George. The country’s only partnership to fall in the group stage in Mexico, they came last in group D, with one victory and two defeats. In the general classification, they were among the countries in 37^Oh place of the tournament.

In the final this Friday October 27, the current ones fifth place in the world rankings they beat the Cubans **Jorge Luiz Alayo and Noslen Díaz, **who occupy the 34th place on the international list, by 2 sets to 1, partials of 21-12, 19-21 and 15-13.

For the local supporters’ party, the Chilean cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt we also needed the third part to get bronze before the Americans Michael Webber and Hagen Smithpartials of 21-14, 18-21 and 15-12.

You the finalists had already met during the group stage of Pan in a match that also went until the third set, but with victory for the representation of Cuba (16-21, 21-18 and 8-15).

Looking back, it was essential that the Brazilians tried to take the lead in today’s final. And Brazil scored first, with a great attack from André. Little by little, the Brazilians took the advantage and made the score 4-2, with André blocking Diaz’s attack.

Thanks to an attack from Alayo, Brazil took a 5-2 lead after the team’s first round. The Cubans continued their pace and André, with another nice block, made it 7-2, when the clock struck.

Then, another block from André and the score was 8 to 2. With an attack from George, Brazil took the advantage 10 to 3 in the first set.

Cuba took advantage of the opportunity to score two points thanks to an attack and block from Alayo as the Brazilians lost rhythm, but the scorer continued with a large advantage over the Brazilians – 14 to 7, no less than double , at the turn of the technical timeout. .

In the following minutes, we could see the vast domination of the Brazilians, who resisted any reaction from the Cubans thanks to André’s blocks, great defenses and errors from their rivals. The distance increased until, thanks to an attack from George, Brazil closed the first set 21-12, without much difficulty.

The last stage began with André blocking. However, the Cubans were focused and played a balanced match until 3-3, when they allowed the Brazilians to take a three-point lead.

Alayo and Diaz were close at 6-5, but George turned the ball over and the difference was back to two points – 7-5, then 8-6 with another block from Andre, and 9-7.

However, the Cuban duo equalized at 9-9 thanks to two precise attacks from Díaz. Once again, the match was balanced, with 12 to 12 – at which point George attempted a rear attack, defended by the Cubans.

Brazil reached 15-13, thanks to two George turnovers, but the rivals tied it again at 15-15, this time thanks to Alayo’s block. It was time for Brazil to ask for time to calm down and calm down their opponent’s best moment.

After the break, Brazil made it 16-15 and Cuba responded with another tie. Then, thanks to Alayo’s excellent blocking performance, the Cubans made it 18-16, the first time they had an advantage in the entire match.

George responded with an attack that hit the end of the line and Alayo attacked: 18 to 18. Diaz made it 19 to 18 for Cuba and George turned the tables, making the score 19 to 19.

However, the Cubans reached the set point with Diaz bringing the score to 20 to 19. And then came the confirmation of what few had hoped for at the beginning: the Brazilians made a mistake in the reception and Cuba brought the score at 21 to 19, tying the match and leading to the decision for the third set.