Coach Nery Pereira Tambeiro Junior in the mixed zone
Brno, Czech Republic, June 28, 2017 – Brazil’s coach already sees his team in the semifinals of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship, although there are still some theoretical chances that they do not make it, despite their second victory in Pool F, over Argentina.
Nery Pereira Tambeiro Junior, coach of Brazil: “This is a very important victory, which moves us to top four. Argentina have a lot of qualities. They are the silver medallists from the precious World Championship. Now we are thinking about the game against Russia tomorrow.”
Alejandro Grossi, coach of Argentina: “I am very, very sorry for our loss. We had to win this match. Brazil were stronger than us in the endings of the sets.”
Ignacio Roberts, captain of Argentina: “This was a very bad loss. Now we are concentrating on the matches to win the fifth place.”