Giannis Kalmazidis stressed that they played properly for the qualification, he considers that they risked on the serve and were pressured, he considers that they stopped their block afterwards and asked for more confidence in the future, but they showed that they have “metal”.
Analytically: “Eventually what we expected happened, that we will qualify, but we all know that if you do not play well and do not perform properly, you can go on adventures. Fortunately, in the first set we came in very strong and we got it. Then in the second set we were a little behind, and Osijek risked a little more, as it should, in the service and did us a little damage.
Then, fortunately, we managed to stop their attack on the block several times and, thus, we won and qualified. The sequel was comfortable and relaxed, we got the third set, playing with a lot of changes, but the kids responded, which was very enjoyable.
It seems that the team, if it is behind the score, has some standards, has faith in what we do, but I would not prefer to reach such situations often. If you ‘play with fire’ at some point you may even ‘burn’. There is, however, ‘metal’, strength and confidence and it shows. In the sets we were close to the opponent, we won several of them. “This shows that there is ability and faith in the team.”
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