“Alexander Koval shared his thoughts on the eve of the duel against Algeria”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
After the starting defeat from Belgium (0: 3) the prospects for the release of the Ukrainian team in Playoff were significantly complicated, and a series of unsuccessful performances in official tournaments reached four matches in a row.
The problems of the national team of Ukraine are drawn from the League of Nations. At the end of the main round, the team first lost Italy on Tybraika (2: 3) and then defeated Serbia and Canada. These results did not allow the Ukrainians to qualify for the final eight in the debut season of the League of Nations, which created additional pressure on speeches on the world championship.
About emotions before the second match was told by the blocking national team of Ukraine, Alexander Koval:
We have a black lane since the last week of the League of the Nation. But we are working on this to change. So we will see, we have two more matches. Still in our hands.
The captain of the national volleyball national team Yuriy Semeniuk, commenting on the defeat of Belgium at the start of the World Cup, said a number of various factors that influenced the result, one of which called fatigue from the saturated season. His opinion is supported by the blacksmith, noting that the team spent the League of Nations season with almost the same composition.
A series of defeat? I cannot say what it may be related to. Perhaps the fact that we started playing the League of Nations immediately after the season was over and played in principle with almost one composition. But every match is in our hands.
Koval is prepared for the match against Algeria, realizing that it will be difficult. For the volleyball player himself, the World Cup in the Philippines became his debut in his career.
This is a tournament that I dreamed of getting back since childhood. I think every volleyball player dreams of getting into a competition of this level, and when you get here, you really want to play, show the best moments that you can show. So, of course, I wanted to spend time on the playground and help the team.
The World Cup is a unique experience that cannot be gained in Ukraine, playing simply in the championship. So I take everything here, I watch all the games. I follow those players I like and try to take what I would like to engage in my game.
The Ukraine – Algerian match will take place on Tuesday, September 16, at 09:00 Kyiv time.
