Here’s what the coaches stated during the official press conference for Pool A.
Pool A Coaches:
Ikhedji Mouloud (Algeria): “This is my second important international event, after the Beijing Olympic Games. I hope we’ll achieve a better result than we did in Beijing.” (Hope you had fun in Beijing!)
Masayoshi Manabe (Japan): “The other five teams are very strong. That’s my motivation. We must give our very best effort in every single match. Our total strength will be required to achieve a good result.” (Hope Japan wins a medal)
Kim Cheol Yong (Peru): “We’re very happy to participate in this World Championship tournament. Our aim is to play our best in this pool and go past the first round. That’s our foremost goal in the tournament.” (Realistic. We loves it!)
Jerzy Matlak (Poland): “We want to play the best and get the highest possible place in the tournament.” (Okay…)
Braulio Godinez (Costa Rica): “I’m very pleased to be back in Tokyo. The best thing is that our young players will have a very good experience in top-level championships here. Four years ago in the World Championship here we won one match against Kenya. Hopefully we will win more this time.” (We hope so too!)
Zoran Terzic (Serbia): “It doesn’t matter if it’s Costa Rica or any other team. The World Championships are the World Championships and these are not friendly games. If Serbia want to win tomorrow we must do our best.” (Short and Simple)
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