Kubiak
What are your expectations for this match?
“This match will be one of the most important in this tournament for sure and we are looking for to play as best we can. Obviously, the crowd will be amazing and we hope that they will help us. But they will not play for us. So we have to win for ourselves”.
Three years ago you played against Serbia at the opening of the World Championship and won 3-0, after that you managed to win the title. Do you believe that you can repeat something like that?
“Of course but we are not looking back in the history. That was three years ago and we left it there. Now it’s a new tournament, new expectations and we are hoping really to win this game”.
What is the plan of the Polish team in this match against Serbia, do you have any advantages?
“Plan is always the same, to play good volleyball. If you play good there are no opponents of which to be afraid”.
Do you feel any pressure before the game?
“To be honest I just feel everything that’s going on here and I like to play in the full house. I hope that it will be a good event and that the result will be on our side.”
You do not mind to play in the cold stadium?
“The weather is somehow bad in this time in Poland. General, not only in August, the summer is really bad but this is something that we cannot change. The truth is that both teams will have the same conditions; probably it will be colder that we all wish it would be, but we don’t have any influence on the weather. So we need to think how to play volleyball, not about the weather“.Poland changed many players in the past years and Kubiak was a part of the generation who did something important in the volleyball history.
What do you expect now with the new generation?
“We have a very young team and there is now one who played in 2014. This team is very young and we need some experience to compete at the high level. So we are hoping in the short time that will come, that we will be able to compete against Brazil, France everybody at every tournament” said Kubiak and added:
“I worked with many different coaches and all of them taught me that the details are important and we all should think about that.“
What will be the best result for Poland at this competition?
“Not only for Poland but for everyone the main goal is to win all matches one by one and at the end to put the gold medal around the neck. Obviously, the five or six teams try to do the same and we are one of them.”
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