WGCC 2017 M: Renan – “We knew we had to win so we were a bit nervous” Bruno – “Good start for our Tokyo campaign”

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„Overall, I think this has been a fantastic competition. The technical level was very high and we had a rematch of the Olympic final so being able to win such a title makes me very happy. In today’s match against Japan, we knew we had to win so we were a bit nervous. We were playing the home team, so it was a difficult game, but we were doing our best and were able to win. The third set was very competitive but we were able to prevail. I want to congratulate the hard work of the Brazilian team throughout this competition,” Brazil’s head coach Renan Dal Zotto stated after the match with Japan.

“We kept our focus in this match. We knew that Japan are a quality team and have high respect for them, that’s why we kept our composure in the first two sets. In the third set, Japan started to apply pressure to us and their service got better. That put us in a tough situation but we were able to fight through it and win. Japan are in a new cycle and they seem to have some new, younger and taller players. They seem to be heavier. Last time we played them, they seemed a bit lightweight and not so tall. They always made up for this with good defense but at this level of competition, you need height. For us, we’ve added younger players to the Olympic team and this new generation of players has started to blend well and it’s a good start for our campaign for Tokyo 2020,” the captain of Brazil, Bruno Rezende ‘Bruninho’, said.

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