The Ciego de Ávila squad defeated Las Tunas one with authority (4-0) to confirm that it is not for nothing that the specialists consider it a favorite to retain the title, one of the 14 that it has already accumulated in the history of the National Field Hockey Championships. 

The new synthetic field of this discipline in the capital of Ciego de Ávila witnessed the dominance exercised by the local team from the beginning to the end of the game, so much so that even the loose score does not reflect what happened on the playing field.

An example of the above was the first quarter, in which the disciples of coach Eliberto Sarduy "bottled" their opponents during those initial 15 minutes and did not let them leave the defensive area, but no matter how hard the attackers tried, it was not possible the tunnel gate was violated.

In the second quarter the siege continued and it was in the 21st minute that Carlos Manuel Consuegra converted a Penalty Stroke into a goal and although in the remaining time of that second quarter the monarchs continued to attack, at half-time they reached a minimum advantage of 1-0.

Roilán Perdomo, at minute 37, gave the hosts more peace of mind with his accurate cane and Consuegra was in charge of finishing the win in minutes 48 and 54. By the way, the ace from Ciego de Avila already has six perforations and a leading march.

The leadership of the people of Avila opted in the final stages of the duel to give the young values ​​an opportunity. Perhaps that is why the second “hand” of Ciego de Ávila was not consolidated in the young tournament.

In the last match of the date, Santiago de Cuba once again showed that it must be one of the squads that will be in the discussion for the title next Sunday the 25th by defeating the strong team representing the capital 1-0, while Camagüey and Villa Clara equalized at two goals.