Macau, China, August 27, 2011 – Brazil vs Russia press conference

Russia captain Maria Borisenko: “Today we lost 0-3, and we lost three main players. This competition is not finished and tomorrow is a new game.”

Brazil captain Fabiana Claudino: “Congratulations to my own team. Today we have to fight each point by each point. Today I think we played our best attack and spiking in this competition so far.”

Russia coach Vladimir Kuzyutkin: “Despite losing today’s match, I am still happy with the outcome. We played some new players in today’s game, so it is an inexperienced team. I am happy with what we learnt from today’s game, and there is no regret losing to such a strong team like Brazil.”

Brazil coach José Roberto Guimarães: “I am proud of my team, especially the way we played in the third set. We played against the world champions and we won 3-0. It is very important for us. It is the turn of a new page, Russia is out and now we have to think about the next match when we play against Serbia or USA tomorrow.”