“We’re very satisfied for this qualification and also because even though it wasn’t our best game, we made fewer mistakes than yesterday and played good volleyball overall. We had to prevail on two very hard first sets and we could take advantage of that position from that point. We are aware also that this result leaves us on a very comfortable place for what’s ahead, so we’re very happy,” says Stephane Antiga.
“We have played the first two sets on a leveled basis against Canada, and we could have won any one of them or maybe both. Unfortunately, we didn’t and in the third set we lost our focus and couldn’t be up to the level anyone would expect from Russia,” says Sergey Shlyapnikov, the head coach of Russia.
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