SPORTS Saturday, August 19, 2017 21 Opening victory for Bahrain Aidan Payne/ DTNN other contributions came from scoring by Remi Bassereau (31)
[email protected] Sayed Alabbar (10) and Hassan after the fifth and final set was Haider (9) and Mahmood in the balance to the end with Manama Abdulhussain (9), Haider the lead changing a number of osts Bahrain under also had four blocks, while times, until the French scored coach Yousuf Khalifa Mohammed Jassim finished two unanswered points with AlasboolH delighted the crowds with six. the score tied at 15-15, top as they defeated Egypt 3-1 “This is a good start for us,” scoring for Brazil was Victor (25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20) Bahrain’s head coach Yousef Aleksander Al Meid a (26). in its opening Pool A match Khalifa said. “This is the world Italy in Pool D produced a last night in the 2017 FIVB championship; we must play fine 3-1 (25-19, 25-21, 19-25, Volleyball Boys’ U19 World every game like a champion.” 30-28) win over the current Championship at Shaikh Isa In the other Pool A match, European Champions the Sports City in Riffa. Puerto Rico edged out Tunisia Czech Republic. Top scoring In the opening set, it was in a thriller 3-2 (20-25, 25-18, for Italy was Diego Cantagalli fairly tight at 8-7 before 30-32, 25-22, 17-15) inspired (16) and Lorenzo Cortesia (12). Bahrain took control with a by top scorer Gabriel Garcia lead of 17-13 and soon took a with 30 points and supported Other scores: 1-0 lead after a strong finish, by Pedro Molina (11), while Pool B: Japan (Kento Miyaura while the second set saw Hedi Kazri (15) and Salem 11, Tatsanori Otsuka 11) bt Bahrain take a 13-10 lead and Naffeti (13) were the main Cuba (Lazaro Yoelvis Brunet finished strongly to go 2-0 up scorers for Tunisia.