Head coach of the Tatarstan national volleyball team Alexei Verbov said he does not consider the team the main favorite for the All-Russian Summer Sports Games among the strongest athletes in 2022.
In the sixth round of the Spartakiad group stage, the Tatarstan team beat the Novosibirsk region team 3-1 (19:25, 25:17, 25:19, 25:22). The win was the sixth in a row for Tatarstan volleyball players in the tournament.
– I would not rank us among the super favourites, because St. Petersburg, Moscow and Novosibirsk play in teams without foreign players. The only thing is that a number of Novosibirsk players have certain health issues, they are in a slightly worse situation.
We had a clear image before this match, we were without a match in the final. We tried to create stress among the guys, in the first game we succeeded. An unusual state, for us too. Despite all the difficulties, we will leave them in the team, the players came out of a difficult situation with their heads held high. The result is not bad, the quality of the game is not at the top, but it is the third game in a row, we had to enter the game.
In the first match, many unusual mistakes were made, but as expected, everything ended well, Verbov told .
The Strongest Spartakiad started on August 10 and will end on October 2.
Source : MatchTV
