Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, June 6, 2018 - Japan took advantage of Korea’s shaky defense to record its first win 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-20) in the fourth week of action in the women's FIVB Volleyball Nations League on Wednesday.
Japan captain Nana Iwasaka said: “Today’s match was a lot different than yesterday's. We could play aggressively and force the opponents to play differently. Tomorrow we’re going to play against the host team with a lot of Thai supporters on site. However, we will just do our best like we did today.”
Japan coach Kumi Nakada said: “I was very satisfied with my team's performance today. I am quite happy to see that my players could change their mindset from yesterday’s loss. Korea are a very strong and tall team, so we had to play more aggressively. Tomorrow, we will play against the host team Thailand who are a very skilled team, but we will keep challenging ourselves and try to do our best.”
Korea captain Kim Yeon Koung said: “Today our game was not really good and our opponents played really well. Personally, my reception was not stable and I sometimes shaked mentally. So next match I want to recover from my mistakes and have a really good game.”
Korea coach Cha Haewon said: “Congratulations to Japan on their victory. We just had too many errors today. We will try to do better tomorrow.”