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Swiss-Brazilian men’s final at the U19
- Updated: July 31, 2016
Larnaka, Cyprus, July 31, 2016 – “The final of the men’s FIVB U19 World Championship is going to be spectacular”, predicted Rafael Mendonca de Quieroz after he and Renato Lima de Carvalho defeated France’s Timothee Platre and Remi Bassereau 2-1 (21-7, 19-21, 15-9) in the semifinal.The Brazilians face Switzerland in the gold medal match on Sunday evening in Larnaka. And like the Brazilians Florian Breer and Yves Haussener are great diggers, said 18-year old Rafael. “It’s going to be a good game. Because, like us, they are very good in defence and never give up.” U17 world champs Breer (17) and Haussener (18) defeated Latvians Mihails Samoilovs and Kristaps Smits 2-0 (22-20, 21-11). The Latvians, who came all the way from qualification, put up a big fight in the first set, but kind of gave up in the second.“Winning the first set was the key in this match”, said Haussener. “Because they were in front a lot in the first, but then we were able to win it and that was very important. And we had a good start in the second as well.”The Swiss have been …
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