There are victories, and victories.
Some wins, the team is doing very well, with a very advanced technical level, and that's very good.
In other matches, the team has very poor technique, and that's what happened. The Russian team did not play well. Startseva was on a bad day, Goncharova was not attacking efficiently, and the other players were playing below their potential. Still, Russia was a team. This victory came by team spirit. Pankov was jumping like crazy. He knew that if Russia were defeated by Korea, Pankov would be out of the team. All the players and the entire technical team were one team. They fought to the end and won. Many things need to be improved on the Russian team, but one factor is very important: they are now a battle team. The girls threw their hearts and fought to the end. I really worry because Pankov is so stubborn. Russia needs players like Lazareva and Kadokchina.
I hope they will be called to the upcoming European and World Cup championships.
Fetisova and Koroleva are on another level, they are great centrals and Russia's game was not decided by the central players for a long time. They are very strong.
Russia will be in Tokyo and by then, I hope many things are seen for the better.
This group has a heart and they play very hard. I hope you can advance the techniques and become something very big.
Brazil suffered against the Dominican Republic, the United States suffered from Bulgaria, and Russia suffered from Korea.
I hope Russia will continue on this path, fighting and fighting. This will do very well for the team. Yesterday Goncharova, Koroleva, Startseva were shouting with fierce eyes, they were wanting the game. A long time ago I did not see the Russian team if behavior. They were on fire. Now we need to wait for the European championship and the World Cup.
I hope Russia will call Lazareva, Kadokchina and other potential players.
Kurilo, Khaletskaya, Iurinskaya and Efimova have no national team level.
Startseva - Romanova
Goncharova - Lazareva
Parubets - Voronkova - Kadokchina - Kosheleva
Koroleva - Fetisova - Lazarenko - Other MB
Malova - Galkina