Turkey’s coach Giovanni Guidetti has been waiting for his players to make such a display ever since the tournament set off.
“This is our tournament! We like to suffer in every match and for every point. What a tough match for us this was – we had everything to lose and nothing to win. I understand the tension of the players. In the end, we did it, even though we are still having problems with the attack and we need to solve this for the coming matches. What is important tonight is that we are in the next round, that we won one match and that we played two and a half sets of very high-level volleyball against a team that put Bulgaria and Russia in trouble,” the Italian expert stated after the win against Ukraine that sent his rivals home.
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