Great Britain’s captain Ben Pipes is looking to the home crowd to inspire his team for this weekend's European League double-header with Spain at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Pipes is looking to the British crowd to get behind his team the same way the samba beat inspires Spain on home soil. The GB team have witnessed the passion of the Spanish fans twice in the last two years on European League visits and would love to experience it again at the Final Four in Guadalajara.
But last weekend's double defeat by Romania has left the GB team playing catch-up as they seek to take the remaining spot. A double win over Spain is crucial to their hopes but GB has already won on Spanish soil - in Salamanca - this year.
"There are a few crucial points where the backing from the crowd can make a real difference," Pipes points out, "I know that there is still not a culture for volleyball in this country but I'm hoping that in the next two years towards the Olympics that education continues not only for us but for the public who come to watch our matches. Volleyball is a big sport and we have a team here who I know the public back and I know we'll eventually get the samba band we see in Spain, the 5,000 sell-outs in Poland and the air horns in Turkey - it's eventually going to come. I love playing in Britain and hopefully we can even see vuvuzelas at our games once the World Cup is over”.
But last weekend's double defeat by Romania has left the GB team playing catch-up as they seek to take the remaining spot. A double win over Spain is crucial to their hopes but GB has already won on Spanish soil - in Salamanca - this year.
"There are a few crucial points where the backing from the crowd can make a real difference," Pipes points out, "I know that there is still not a culture for volleyball in this country but I'm hoping that in the next two years towards the Olympics that education continues not only for us but for the public who come to watch our matches. Volleyball is a big sport and we have a team here who I know the public back and I know we'll eventually get the samba band we see in Spain, the 5,000 sell-outs in Poland and the air horns in Turkey - it's eventually going to come. I love playing in Britain and hopefully we can even see vuvuzelas at our games once the World Cup is over”.
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