Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic – “It was our first game at the World Championships and you don’t know what to expect. We showed up with really solid volleyball. The first set was really clear, the second one there were some tough rallies but we stayed focus. I think really they played solid volleyball.”
Barbora Hermannova, Czech Republic – “In our first two matches we have Costa Rica and Paraguay, then Finland. I think with the Finnish team, it should be for winning the pool. Costa Rica and Paraguay don’t play too much on the World Tour so those should be the must-win games. I think we are happy with the way we played.”
Karen Cope Charles, Costa Rica – “It was frustrating. We’ve been working a lot on our passing and it wasn’t good today. But it’s the first game, we still have a lot to go and we’re not worrying about this one, we’re worrying about the next one because we can’t do much about this one. I think we need to attack more. Every time we hit the ball hard, we got the point so we have to focus on that. (On the atmosphere of 2 Oly teams matching up) It was great. The venue is so awesome, you feel like you’re back in Rio. It’s unbelievable, it’s such a nice crowd, everybody was into the game, enjoying it a lot.