Russia - Canada (full match)

Russia won against Canadian team in three sets (25:21, 25:19, 25:21) in the opening match of Group C of the World Championship at the Ergo Arena on Monday. The last time these teams met at a big event was at the World League 2013 Final Six when Canada beat Russia in a five-set match. Dmitriy Muserskiy was MVP of game with 18 points. Dmitriy won a battle against Gavin Schmitt, he scored 11 points (best scorer in Canada NT). On the press conference, coach Andrey Voronkov said: "We have been preparing for this match for a long time, not only physically but psychologically. Canada showed good skills on defence. Our aim was to win this meeting in straight sets and we managed to achieve this result. Not all players showed their skills in the best possible way and we definitely have to work on it. It is obvious that Muserskiy was the star today but we cannot favour any player. Further, we had some problems in the team because of injuries, which explains the absence of players such as Alexey Verbov and Maxim Mikhaylov. My goal in this team is to win every single match".

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