Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, June 29, 2017 – The coaches and captains of Japan and Turkey commented on the match between the two teams at the FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship.
Fumitoshi Tokunaga, coach of Japan: “The Turkish players are very tall so we knew it was going to be hard.”
Kenta Takanashi, captain of Japan: “We prepared well for this match, we analyzed their skills last night and thankfully we could win.”
Ali Kazim Hidayetoglu, coach of Turkey: “First, we would like to congratulate the Japanese team of playing such a good game.”
Abdullah Cam, captain of Turkey: “We tried everything. We know European volleyball better but we knew they have a good team so congratulations to them.”