Players’ quality and spirit was key to Dutch victory

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 14, 2016 – Netherlands Giovanni Guidetti commended his players for showing quality and spirit in the fifth set in their gruelling match against Serbia in Pool B of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women’s volleyball competition at Maracanazinho on Sunday.

Giovanni Guidetti, Coach of Netherlands:

Serbia played with a lot of reserve players and we were not prepared for that. They entered with a lot of players and we needed time to adjust. We were really making too many mistakes, but in the end, we found our quality and our spirit, and that was the key.

Laura Dijkema, Player of Netherlands:

I am happy with the result because we really wanted to win this game. We controlled Serbia in the first two sets. We lost some energy and some focus in the next sets, but in the end we …

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