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Here’s the reaction after the game, from the virtual Mixed Zone:
Tuomas Sammelvuo (Russia head coach): “We had to close this game. We were leading and controlling the game, that’s simple, but we didn’t use our opportunities. Japan defend a lot of balls, the ball doesn’t hit the floor easily and they have good reception. So if you lose the patience and you get nervous even for two minutes, it ends like this. Also in our attack we had one-by-one situations and even without blocks, but the ball didn’t touch the court. It’s a game of moments. Two or three minutes and the result might be different, but it’s a good lesson.”
Philippe Blain (Japan coach): “I’m proud of our players, because we came here to gain experience. We came here to fight for every point and not only look at the result – just try to increase our level of our standing and they did perfectly – especially defence, coverage. They are shorter than the Russians. Playing against great teams like here let us gain important experience, especially ahead of the Olympic Games. We didn’t come here with a specific goal to win. We want to take the maximum experience and win the maximum number of matches and enjoy volleyball, because enjoying volleyball is also important, and that we did tonight.”
The Japan men’s national volleyball team represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Their nickname is “RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON) “, “RYUJIN” means “God of Dragon” and “NIPPON” means “Japan”.[1] Japan won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, followed by silver at Mexico 1968 and a gold at Munich 1972. The years after this have been less successful. Japan missed three successive Olympic Games before returning at Beijing 2008, where they failed to win a match. Japan then failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games and also missed Rio 2016 after finishing seventh at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo. They also failed to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Championship the first edition they had missed in 54 years. They had previously won FIVB World Championship bronze medals in 1970 and 1974. Japan silver medalists at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era. The team has won the Asian Championships nine times and the Asian Games eight times.