Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 24, 2015 - Italy overwhelm Egypt 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 25-16, 25-19) in Pool A as their coach was happy to start victorious .
Italy coach Michele Totire:
"I'm happy to win that match, now we can compete for the top 4 positions and this is our objective. We succeeded to come back quickly after losing the first set and I want to thank my players for this."
Italy Captain Luca Spirito:
"We played a good match after losing the first set as we concentrated in our block and succeeded to stop the Egyptian team after they did well in the first set
Egypt Coach Grrzegorz Rys:
"We started in an impressive performance in the first set, but later my players did a lot of mistaakes and then we couldn't come back. I came here with a full U21 team except the captain who is the only player U23. I think those players can perform much better when they play in the U21 Worldd Cup later in Mexico."
Egypt Captain Ahmed Shafik:
"I feel sorry to lose the match after the great first set we played. We didn't have the chance to prepare well , but I think we can improve in the coming matches.