Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 10 Jun, 2017 – Egypt overcame Portugal in a thrilling five-setter on Saturday.
Ibrahim Fakhreldin (Head coach of Egypt): „We played another good match, we wanted to win after yesterday unlucky loss. After two sets it looked perfect, then Portugal started to play their game, however tie-break is another game and we finally made it to victory. “
Abdelhay Ahmed: (Captain of Egypt): „Today we started good match, first two sets were excellent, then we backed off a bit and it was all about tie-break. The game was very close but at the end we were more lucky.“
Match Centre: Portugal v. Egypt
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Media Guides Alexandre Ferreira: (Captain of Portugal): „Today we started very slowly, first two sets we were not competitive, Egypt played well on side out and had perfect defense. After two sets there was nothing to lose, we went on risk, equaled score, unfortunately tie-break didn’t go well despite we had a break, Egypt finally caught us and in the end they were just more lucky.“
Hugo Silva (Head coach of Portugal): „We are not happy about our game today, in the beginning it was poor performance, Egypt took first two sets quickly. We need to analyse what happened because, it’s not how we should be playing at this tournaments. Then we fought back, but wasn’t enough. Congratulations to Egypt they played good match today.“
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