ArgentinaNational Youth Men’s team won 2-0 (17:14, 14:13) against its Uruguayan counterpart in its premiere in Group D of the U18 World Championships.

In the Latin American duel, albiceleste players proved to be much more concentrated in the critical last minutes of both periods and this essentially award them the victory.

In the first set, with the score tied at 14:14, Brunetta and Rozitgnerfind the solutions in the attack, to capitalise on the good defence that preceded.

In the second set, Uruguay started stronger, took a 13:8 lead thanks to the important saves of Leal (5 in total), but then the baton regarding the interventions was taken by the Argentine goalkeeper, Gorgowho saved three shotsand kept his goal intact in the crucial last minutes. Fuhrnetted 6 points to help Argentina win the second set (14:13) as well and win and game in straight sets.

UKRAINE – GERMANY 0-2 (10-18, 20-32)
UKRAINE: Protsiuk 6, Krasiun 8, Podborskyi 2, Blahodir 8, Hochachko, Ilin 4, Pysarevskyi, Shaybakov, Kushniruk 2, Savytskyi  
GERMANY: Liebeck 14, Zelser 14, Duris, Bonnet 6, Geils, Kilp 6, Pichiri 8, Ewald, Wandtke, Alt
Referees: Al Hail, Alyafei (Qatar) S: 1-1

Quotes

Luca La Delfa(Argentina – Player)

"It was a really tough match, we knew it would be like this. I think we did our best and we won. So, itwasareallygoodmatch."

Santiago Castro (Uruguay – Player)

'It was a very interesting match, we played against a great team. We tried to play our best but we are not happy with the result. We will keep working to be ready for the next matches."