What words from Śliwka after the match

Our peak form is calculated to be here, in Paris – says Aleksander Śliwka. One of the leaders of the Polish national volleyball team is pleased after the team’s 3:0 victory over Egypt. And he reassures us about Tomasz Fornal’s injury. The receiver suffered an ankle injury and is scheduled for tests tomorrow.

Polish volleyball players achieved a confident and even spectacular victory of 3:0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:13) in the first round of the Olympic tournament at the Paris 2024 Games. But in fact, right after the match, what was more important for everyone than the victory over Egypt was how serious Tomasz Fornal’sinjury was

Tomek went to the locker room, the physiotherapists took care of him. A good sign is that he went down to the locker room on his own. Fortunately, we don’t play every day, we only have two or three days off between matches. We have great physiotherapists, a whole medical team, so I believe, and I’m even certain, that we won’t have time to realize it and Tomek will already be back on the pitch – says Śliwka.

The time between Poland’s first and second match at these games is even more than two or three days. We played with Egypt on Saturday, July 27 at 5 p.m., and we will face Brazil on Wednesday, July 31 at 9 a.m. This will be a much bigger challenge.

– The Brazilians have their backs to the wall, because they lost to Italy [1:3]. They will definitely bite the court, play their best volleyball. We have to be ready for them to fight to the last drop of blood. But we knew from the beginning that the matches with them and Italy would be very difficult, because they are great teams – says Śliwka.

The vice-captain of our team is pleased that we started the games according to plan. – We wanted to win 3:0 and start on a high note. The first matches are often tense, but we won calmly and I am glad that each player was on the pitch and contributed to the victory – he says. – We were the better team, we controlled the course of the match, from the beginning to the end I was sure that we would win this match – adds Śliwka. And finally he declares: Our peak form is calculated to be here, in Paris. We believe that we are one hundred percent ready.

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