Japan nice action (Japan - Poland)

Inaugural match of World Grand Champions Cup 2009 played as usual in Japan. Great work in the defence by Yusuke Ishijima (Gotsu) and powerful spike from 4 meter by Tatsuya Fukuzawa. The hosts won in the tie-break. They beat European champions 2009! Tatsuya Fukuzawa scored 24 points. He was the best scorer of that game. After game, coach Tatsuya Ueta: For this tournament we missed Yamamura and Koshikawa, main players from last year, plus we have new young players so it is a little bit challenging for us. Because of that today’s game was really important, so from the beginning to the end all the players fulfilled their responsibility very well and that is why we were able to win. Before this tournament began, after we learned we would play Poland on the first day, we prepared for good service reception and good serves. We thought that the serving would be the most important factor in winning the game, so we trained a lot to serve better and more stable.

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