Cairo, Egypt, August 20, 2017 – Russia's sweep of China at the 2017 FIVB Men's U23 World Championship here today was greeted with satisfaction from the winners' camp. Here's the reaction from the two sides:
Russia coach, Andrey Voronkov: "It was a good match for us. We had prepared for this game seriously, because we knew that China are a strong team. We have won three matches but it's important for us to keep our tempo and win the other two games in the pool."
Russia captain, Pavel Pankov: "It was a good match for the team and I am satisfied with our performance. I was in the previous U23 World Championship in 2015 in Dubai and in my opinion this tournament is tougher."
China coach, Ju Genyin: "Russia are a strong team and today they played better than us. My players committed some errors which we will try to solve in the next matches. Now I think only about the next match, not about qualification to the second round."
China captain, Xu Zhensen: "Russia was a very strong team and we made a lot of errors, especially in reception. I well get my teammates to forget this match and concentrate in the coming games."
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