France vs Australia | Match Highlights | Men's VNL 2019

Ardabil, Iran, June 21, 2019 - France defeated Australia in three sets in their opening match in Ardabil in week 4 of the 2019 men's FIVB Volleyball Nations League.

France coach Laurent Tillie: "It was a strange game, difficult to control, to control the pass, the service the set, we had a lot of mistakes and we were afraid of Australia, because physically they are tall, and we had a lot of pressure, I think we had big mistakes but are lucky to win the game, we have to improve from match to match, and we cannot neglect the effect of the altitude which is 1400 metres above sea level and the ball flies differently, so we had to learn this to play well, but anyway we won and are ready for tomorrow."

France captain Benjamin Toniutti: "We can say that we are happy because of the victory like in other games, we just played for the victory, I do not think that we played that well, because it is not easy to play here, we have to win the other two games, in each game I hope we become better and I also thank the fans for such an atmosphere. Even if it was not Iran’s game, the stadium was almost full. I hope we are going to play well tomorrow."

Australia captain Max Staples: "Today we struggled to find our rhythm, to win the game. We had opportunities to win the game because France was a little off their game - we did not take it today, we have two more games and now it is time to recover and prepare for the two next games."

Australia coach Mark Lebedew: "I can only reiterate what our captain said - we had really a big chance today. France were not
at their best - we were not able to understand the possibility that we had
today to lead the game, so it was a good win for France. I think they are very happy, we need
to keep working for tomorrow’s game, though this game was not that
important for us, because France is one of the top teams. What is the
most important is we win the matches that we have a chance to win, specially
against the other teams which are competing to remain in this league."

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