Rezende was surprised by velocity of unfamiliar Mexico

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2006 – Brazilian coach Bernardo Rezende praised the velocity and defence showed by Mexico in their match on Sunday and said the defensive systems of the home team didn’t work properly due to the lack of good serves.

Bernardo Rezende, Coach of Brazil: Our serves were not effective in the first set and Mexico’s velocity caught us off guard and we were not able to make the adjustments. Our defensive systems didn’t function as consequence of the lack of good serves. Our intention was to play better but the service is an important weapon in today’s volleyball. Now our focus is on Canada which is a great team that can play with the best in the world.

Bruno Rezende, Captain of Brazil: We have never played Mexico before and really enjoyed playing against a team with that velocity and defence. Our defensive system didn’t start very well but we improved from the second set on. Now we have to think in our next match against Canada.

Jorge Azair, Coach of Mexico: Obviously in the first set we played almost perfect. The difference was the service. They didn’t serve that well and we took advantage with three options as our setter is very good. In the second and third set, they improved their serves and it …

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