21-NOV-2011
NATIONAL TEAM WILL FACE
UKRAINE TOMORROW (19H20)

The Senior Men's National Team trained this afternoon for the first time at Sport Hall "Gradski VRT" where they will face the team of Ukraine on the first day of competition of Pool B for the European Tournament of the Pre-Olympic Qualification, based in Osijek, Croatia. The referres are Ignat Mitev (Bulgaria) and Gradinski Goran (Serbia).

Hugo Silva, the assistant coach of the national team unveils the strategy to face the Ukrainian National Team: "Ukraine belongs to the old Russian team, with players of high stature and big physical power. I would say that they are a little Russia, they have players with tremendous potential and the way they grew up in the last dozen years. Much of their match involves two players: Andri Diachkov (2,02m) with a very fast and high attack and the opposite Yuriy Tomyn (No. 17) of 2 meters tall. We have a block prepared for these two players. Along with this our offensive gameplay will have to pass by a reception at the highest level and an offensive play that can avoid the great defensive skill that Ukraine has. With these two focal points, we believe that we can take Ukraine to make a lot of technical errors in the block, because we will use the speed and complexity of the match to make it happen".