Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires on a roll
Group A leaders Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires continued their excellent start to the season with a third-straight 3-0 win, (25-14, 26-24, 25-21) this time against San Lorenzo de Almagro in the third week of the Argentinian División de Honor.
San Lorenzo were outclassed in the first set but improved in the second and had a set point but the Buenos Aires side saved it and then went on to win their eight straight set. They killed the match with a comfortable third set to move on to nine points.
#DH | Fecha 3
¡Tres de tres! 🔥🔥 Muni sigue encendido y derrotó en sets corridos a San Lorenzo.
Ciudad 3-0 San Lorenzo (25-14, 26-24, 25-21)#VamosMuni pic.twitter.com/bfIsktKk5U
— Ciudad Voley (@CiudadVoley) July 17, 2021
Vidoni MVP
Valentino Vidoni from Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires was the top scorer of the match with 19 points.
#DH Valentino Vidoni fue el máximo anotador de la victoria de este sábado ante San Lorenzo 💥💥
19 puntos de Valen para llevar a Ciudad a la cima de la Zona A 💪🏻💪🏻#VamosMuni pic.twitter.com/xPbuQYdErd
— Ciudad Voley (@CiudadVoley) July 18, 2021
Velez Sarsfield off the mark
Velez Sarsfield registered their first victory of the season after beating Universidad de Buenos Aires 3-1 (19-25 25-21 20-25 23-25) to remain fourth in the group, level with San Lorenzo and River Plate on points. Universidad de Buenos Aires are bottom and are yet to gain a point.
Top two keep up 100% records
In Group B, the top two sides – Club Lomas de Zamora and Ferrocarril Oeste – maintained their unbeaten records with their third wins of the season.
Ferrocarril, like Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires, are yet to lose a set after winning 3-0 (25-15 17-25 21-25) against Club Nautico Hacoaj. It was another commanding performance from the Group B leaders.
3️⃣ de 3️⃣ 😜
¡El vóley masculino volvió a ganar y es el único líder de la División de Honor de @metrovoley!
🏐 Fue 3-0 ante Hacoaj.
✍🏽 No perdió sets en las tres fechas.
🔜 @BocaJrsOficial#VivíFerro 💚 pic.twitter.com/g85S58NZaW— Ferro Carril Oeste (@FerroOficial) July 17, 2021
Lomas de Zamora had more issues against Defensores de Banfield, who almost took the match to a fifth set but eventually lost in a tight fourth set, losing (25-23 25-17 13-25 25-23).
#DivisionDeHonor || Resultado final del partido @lomasdeportes (3) 25-23 (1) Defensores pic.twitter.com/yIdh4BVHqP
— Defensores de Banfield Vóley (@VOLEYDEFEBANF) July 17, 2021
Boca complete comeback
Boca Juniors won their second five-set match of the season, coming from two sets down to beat Club Ciudad de Campana encounter (25-21 27-25 21-25 25-27 17-15) in a dramatic encounter.
5️⃣° set | #Boca 17 – 15 Club Ciudad de Campana
¡Set y partido para el Xeneize! Boca se quedó con el tie-break y dio vuelta un partidazo en Campana#VamosBoca 👊🏻💙💛
— Boca Voley (@BocaVoley) July 18, 2021
The win takes Boca Juniors into third place in Group B, while Club Ciudad remain bottom.
Next Matches 24/07/21
Group A
Club Nautico Hacoaj – Municipio de Lomas de Zamora
Club Ferro Carril Oeste – Club Atlético Boca Juniors
Defensores de Banfield – Club Ciudad de Campana
Group B
San Lorenzo de Almagro – Universidad de Buenos Aires
Club Atlético River Plate – Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires
