Brazil - Cuba (full match)

Brazil stayed unbeaten in the group matches and improved their record to 5-0 with 14 points of which they carry over 9 pts to the second round, while Cuba dropped to 2-3 to finish fourth with 6 points, but they will pass the second round with only one. Aggressive serves, advance in blocks and good passes followed by high attack efficiency was Brazil’s key to win Sunday’s match with Cuba. Sidaõ and Lucas led Brazil (both with 10 points), Isbel Mesa was the Cuba's top scorer (16 points). Bernardo Rezende said: "Congratulations to Cuban team, they played like 1st level team, they have a lot of potential. They’re in the 2nd round it’s a great achievement for such a young team. They started very aggressively, putting pressure on us, we lost focus, and we made mistakes. Happily, we recovered Bruno, Lipe and Visotto played well - we showed that we have more than 6 or 7 players. In such a long tournament we need 10-12 good players. We need to focus on the next round".

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