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World League Pool B: RUS vs. POL
From FIVB online.

Before the match the Poland team prefered Russia in one component only, it was a service. That is why the players of the Russian team got a task from their coaches: to force their own service and direct it to certain opponents. Looking up statistics, we can see that Russia fulfilled the task. The coach of Poland marked this feature. The very strong preference of the Russian team made in attack, where Saveliev was the best.

Guennadi CHIPOULINE, Russia

For our team the World League tournament is very important. This match confirmed that our team should enter the final round in Poland in a very good fit. Our main task is as usual: to win the competition.

Ryszard BOSEK, Polang

Today the Russian team was better in everything. Because of bad reception we could not organize good attack actions. I do not doubt we demonstrate other playing tomorrow.