“a lot of confidence” stored by France, rejoices Brizard

Andrea Giani, coach of France, qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup after their victory against Slovenia 3 sets to 2: “It was a difficult match but the victory, the way we came back (in the fourth set, which France won after saving three match points) gives us a lot of energy, confidence. We have raised the level in defense, in attack, which makes the difference when the game is very tight. On the other hand, we made a lot of errors on serve in the second set. But we won the tie-beak in particular because we were very solid on serve.

Antoine Brizard, setter for France“It’s strong, because we weren’t playing very well (in the fourth set) and we didn’t give up. We came back little by little. It gives a lot of confidence, especially to play the end of sets like that in an atmosphere like that while remaining calm. We know we can still play a lot better but it’s really important to win matches like that. It is one of the audiences that pushes the most. Even in Poland, I rarely saw that. We managed to stay calm and let their strong moments pass. The qualification is in hand, it’s a good thing done. We must now confirm against Cameroon to qualify well (to the highest possible rank among the sixteen qualified).