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Press release
Velasco express concern over World Cup schedule
Iran celebrate with their veteran setter Amir Hosseini on the foreground
Iran coach Julio Velasco: "We are very happy for this victory after our 3-0 loss to the United States yesterday. This was important for us. We played with very few mistakes today. Our serving, blocking and defense worked very well. I have been to Japan seven times for competitions and they are always very well organized. But today I have a question for the FIVB and Japan organizers about this tournament. I don't understand why the team who plays Japan in the night match at 6:30PM has to play at 11:00AM the next day. This was a problem for Egypt today. I didn't say anything after we lost in this situation, but I will speak about it now for Egypt. Our team also plays the majority of games at 11:00AM. There is no reason for this. Some of these game could be played at 3:00PM instead, because there is no live TV. Sometimes we have to make accommodations for the media, but this is not one of the times. This is an Olympic qualifying tournament, so all of the teams should have the same conditions. I know all of the people at the FIVB and will talk to them about this issue".
Egypt coach Sherif El-Shemerly: "Today we continued playing very bad. No. 4 (Ahmed Abdelhay) had a small injury to his leg. We continue playing matches every day and the load of travel started to affect the players. We hope to play better in the next matches".
Iran captain Alireza Nadi: "I think Egypt is a good and strong team, but they were tired. Today we played well. I hope we can beat China tomorrow".
Egypt captain Ashraf Abouelhassan: "The problem which Mr. Velasco discussed is a big one for us. We only had 9-10 hours to rest after last night's match. In normal matches it is OK, but it is very difficult in high-level matches. The players would be better with more rest. It was tough to concentrate. Iran played well with fewer mistakes. We are playing nine of our 11 matches at 11:00AM".
Press release
Velasco express concern over World Cup schedule
Iran celebrate with their veteran setter Amir Hosseini on the foreground
Iran coach Julio Velasco: "We are very happy for this victory after our 3-0 loss to the United States yesterday. This was important for us. We played with very few mistakes today. Our serving, blocking and defense worked very well. I have been to Japan seven times for competitions and they are always very well organized. But today I have a question for the FIVB and Japan organizers about this tournament. I don't understand why the team who plays Japan in the night match at 6:30PM has to play at 11:00AM the next day. This was a problem for Egypt today. I didn't say anything after we lost in this situation, but I will speak about it now for Egypt. Our team also plays the majority of games at 11:00AM. There is no reason for this. Some of these game could be played at 3:00PM instead, because there is no live TV. Sometimes we have to make accommodations for the media, but this is not one of the times. This is an Olympic qualifying tournament, so all of the teams should have the same conditions. I know all of the people at the FIVB and will talk to them about this issue".
Egypt coach Sherif El-Shemerly: "Today we continued playing very bad. No. 4 (Ahmed Abdelhay) had a small injury to his leg. We continue playing matches every day and the load of travel started to affect the players. We hope to play better in the next matches".
Iran captain Alireza Nadi: "I think Egypt is a good and strong team, but they were tired. Today we played well. I hope we can beat China tomorrow".
Egypt captain Ashraf Abouelhassan: "The problem which Mr. Velasco discussed is a big one for us. We only had 9-10 hours to rest after last night's match. In normal matches it is OK, but it is very difficult in high-level matches. The players would be better with more rest. It was tough to concentrate. Iran played well with fewer mistakes. We are playing nine of our 11 matches at 11:00AM".
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