Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, July 14, 2013 – After the second consecutive win over the
United States in the FIVB World League week 7, Brazilian head
coach Bernardo Rezende analyzed the pool of the Finals, which will be held in
Mar del Plata, Argentina. Brazil is in the Group E, along with Russia and Canada.

“We have a
tough pool in the Finals," Rezende said. "Canada has a great opposite spiker. Their style is
similar to the American one. Russia always has a strong team. They have
experienced setters. Their system is the same: a powerful serve and a solid
block."

According
to Rezende, today’s match was important to test some players that might have an
opportunity in the Finals.

“Thiago
Alves and Lipe Fonteles went well on reception," he said. "Wallace played better than
yesterday. Mauricio Souza was a little anxious and couldn’t block well. It is
natural, as it was his second match as a starter."

Brazilian
captain Éder Carbonera remarked about the good performance of these players.

“Lipe,
Mauricio Souza, William and Wallace played very well," Éder said. "That was really important
for us, because next week we’ll need all of them."

American head
coach John Speraw made an evaluation of his team’s performance.

“Today we
played better," Speraw said. "Our block worked well, but the serve wasn’t good. We had only
28 percent of efficiency on serving. That way, there is no possibility of win. We
trained really hard, but it didn’t work out, as it happens in other
opportunities during the FIVB World League."

“We started well in all three sets and we were
focused," American captain Matthew Anderson added. "The coach gave us the instructions, but we couldn’t implement it."