Turkey coach Ataman Guneyligil and captain Cagla Akin in the mixed zone after their first match here in Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 10, 2017 – Turkey beat Cuba 15-12, 16-14, 17-15, 15-8 in their opening clash of the 2017 FIVB Women’s U23 World Championship here in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Both coaches ask their players to improve their level in the second match.
Turkey coach Ataman Guneyligil: “We knew before the match that it’s going to be a tough duel. I do not like the performance of our team today. If we continue to play like that, it will be hard for us to win. Hope that tomorrow it will be better.
Turkey captain Cagla Akin: “I agree with our coach. We have to fight more and do less mistakes. However, today was the first day and first days are always more difficult.”
Cuba coach Wilfrido Robinson and captain Diaris De La Caridad Perez in the mixed zone after their 0-4 loss against 2015 runner-up TurkeyCuba coach Wilfredo Robinson: “Today it was the first day. In reality, we did not show the game we hoped for. We committed too many errors in attacking and blocking. With the new pointing system the match goes pretty fast.”
Cuba captain Diaris De La Caridad Perez: “It was our first match and we made a lot of mistakes due to poor concentration. We hope that for the next matches our performance will be better.”
All matches in Ljubljana are played under a
new scoring system currently being tested: a best-of-seven, 15-point set format.
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