Brazilian league 2009/10

23th round
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 3:0 (25:21, 25:15, 25:18 ) stats
Sesi/SP - Volta Redonda 3:0 (25:21, 25:18, 26:24) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Alvares/Vitoria 3:0 (25:21, 25:17, 25:21) stats
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Cimed 1:3 (22:25, 18:25, 25:22, 18:25) stats
Vôlei Futuro - Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 3:0 (25:22, 25:17, 25:16) stats
Santo Andre - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 0:3 (23:25, 25:27, 23:25) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Vivo/Minas 3:2 (27:25, 26:28, 25:21, 21:25, 15:13) stats

24th round
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Upis/Brasilia 3:0 (25:18, 25:21, 25:23) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Volta Redonda 3:0 (25:14, 25:16, 25:21) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Montes Claros/Funadem 3:1 (22:25, 25:20, 25:22, 25:19) stats
Sesi/SP - Alvares/Vitoria 3:0 (25:19, 25:18, 25:15) stats
Vôlei Futuro - Cimed 1:3 (28:30, 28:26, 23:25, 17:25) stats
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 3:0 (25:20, 25:21, 25:21) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 1:3 (22:25, 25:23, 23:25, 22:25) stats
Santo Andre - Vivo/Minas 1:3 (21:25, 20:25, 25:23, 21:25) stats

Photo Gallery Ulbra/São Caetano vs. Sada/Cruzeiro

25th round
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:1 (25:17, 23:25, 25:18, 25:19) stats
Vivo/Minas - Vôlei Futuro 3:1 (25:19, 25:18, 25:27, 25:20) stats
Cimed - Sesi/SP 1:3 (25:20, 20:25, 16:25, 15:25) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Pinheiros/Sky 0:3 (24:26, 10:25, 16:25) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Santo Andre 3:2 (25:20, 25:22, 18:25, 26:28, 15:7) stats
Volta Redonda - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 2:3 (23:25, 20:25, 25:23, 25:23, 9:15) stats
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Montes Claros/Funadem 0:3 (21:25, 24:26, 22:25) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Brasil Vôlei Clube 0:3 (19:25, 15:25, 23:25) stats

Photo Gallery Vivo/Minas vs. Vôlei Futuro

26th round
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Vivo/Minas 0:3 (22:25, 21:25, 15:25) stats
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei - Vôlei Futuro 3:0 (25:17, 25:18, 25:13) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Sesi/SP 1:3 (25:23, 19:25, 19:25, 22:25) stats
Cimed - Pinheiros/Sky 3:2 (20:25, 18:25, 25:22, 25:16, 27:25) stats
Alvares/Vitoria - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 1:3 (17:25, 15:25, 25:23, 21:25) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Montes Claros/Funadem 1:3 (25:21, 19:25, 20:25, 20:25) stats
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Brasil Vôlei Clube 0:3 (15:25, 20:25, 21:25) stats

Ranking
1. Cimed 24 45
2. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 23 44
3. Sesi/SP 24 42
4. Pinheiros/Sky 24 41
5. Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 22 39
6. Vivo/Minas 23 39
7. Montes Claros/Funadem 22 38
8. Ulbra/Sao Caetano 23 35
9. Vôlei Futuro 24 35
10. Brasil Vôlei Clube 21 32
11. Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 24 32
12. Santo Andre 23 31
13. Lupo/Nautico/Let's 24 30
14. Volta Redonda 23 29
15. Upis/Brasilia 23 26
16. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 22 25
17. Alvares/Vitoria 23 25

27th round
Montes Claros/Funadem - Volta Redonda 3:2 (25:19, 27:25, 21:25, 18:25, 15:10) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Alvares/Vitoria 3:0 (25:18, 25:13, 25:20) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Cimed 1:3 (25:22, 23:25, 23:25, 23:25) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 3:1 (25:19, 21:25, 25:21, 25:19) stats
Sesi/SP - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 0:3 (22:25, 15:25, 24:26) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Vivo/Minas 3:1 (20:25, 25:19, 26:24, 25:20) stats
Vôlei Futuro - Santo Andre 3:1 (23:25, 25:18, 25:20, 25:17) stats
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Ulbra/Sao Caetano 2:3 (32:30, 22:25, 14:25, 25:23, 13:15) stats

Photo Gallery Brasil Vôlei Clube vs. Alvares/Vitória

28th round
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Volta Redonda 3:0 (26:24, 25:19, 25:14) stats
Montes Claros/Funadem - Alvares/Vitoria 3:0 (25:17, 25:16, 25:19) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 3:2 (25:19, 25:20, 23:25, 19:25, 17:15) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 3:1 (23:25, 25:19, 25:20, 26:24) stats
Sesi/SP - Vivo/Minas 3:0 (25:20, 25:17, 25:21) stats
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Santo Andre 3:0 (25:20, 25:16, 25:19) stats
Vôlei Futuro - Ulbra/Sao Caetano 3:1 (25:14, 23:25, 25:23, 25:23) stats

Ranking
1. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 25 47
2. Cimed 25 47
3. Pinheiros/Sky 26 45
4. Sesi/SP 26 45
5. Montes Claros/Funadem 24 42
6. Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 24 42
7. Vivo/Minas 25 41
8. Vôlei Futuro 26 39
9. Ulbra/Sao Caetano 25 38
10. Brasil Vôlei Clube 23 36
11. Santo Andre 25 33
12. Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 25 33
13. Lupo/Nautico/Let's 26 33
14. Volta Redonda 25 31
15. Upis/Brasilia 24 28
16. Alvares/Vitoria 25 27
17. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 23 26

Individual Rankings

Best scorers:
1. DIAS Fabricio MOC 336 (attack) 26 (block) 49 (serve) 411 (total)
2. SOUZA Wallace SDC 348 40 17 405
3. MARCZEWSKI Alexander ABC 322 28 33 383
4. CORTINA Dariel BLU 336 31 12 379
5. ARAUJO Bruno UCS 290 28 20 338
6. NOGUEIRA Tulio ABC 298 23 16 337
7. NOGUEIRA Rogerio VFO 283 39 7 329
8. MELLO Leonardo PSK 267 41 7 315
9. OLIVEIRA Raphael BVC 272 26 12 310
10. ALVES Thiago CIM 246 42 21 309

Best attack, block and serve: HERE

29th round
Santo Andre - Sesi/SP 0:3 (23:25, 22:25, 19:25) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Pinheiros/Sky 0:3 (24:26, 21:25, 34:36) stats
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 3:0 (25:13, 25:18, 28:26) stats
Cimed - Montes Claros/Funadem 3:1 (25:13, 25:21, 29:31, 25:19) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Brasil Vôlei Clube 0:3 (15:25, 18:25, 20:25) stats
Volta Redonda - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 3:1 (25:16, 21:25, 25:23, 25:19) stats
Alvares/Vitoria - Upis/Brasilia 2:3 (22:25, 21:25, 25:21, 25:12, 13:15) stats

Photo Gallery Santo André vs. Sesi/SP

30th round
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Sesi/SP 0:3 (21:25, 18:25, 19:25) stats
Santo Andre - Pinheiros/Sky 1:3 (25:17, 15:25, 21:25, 24:26) stats
Vôlei Futuro - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:15) stats
Vivo/Minas - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 0:3 (18:25, 19:25, 20:25) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Montes Claros/Funadem 0:3 (13:25, 18:25, 19:25) stats
Cimed - Brasil Vôlei Clube 3:1 (25:15, 20:25, 25:19, 25:22) stats
Alvares/Vitoria - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 0:3 (25:27, 18:25, 22:25) stats
Volta Redonda - Upis/Brasilia 3:0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:11) stats

Photo Gallery Santo André vs. Pineiros/SKY

31th round
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Cimed 0:3 (17:25, 20:25, 16:25) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 1:3 (25:17, 15:25, 22:25, 19:25) stats
Alvares/Vitoria - Volta Redonda 0:3 (17:25, 13:25, 22:25) stats
Montes Claros/Funadem - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 3:2 (21:25, 25:23, 20:25, 25:22, 15:11) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Vivo/Minas 3:0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:18 ) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Santo Andre 1:3 (25:18, 16:25, 23:25, 21:25) stats
Sesi/SP - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:0 (25:18, 25:12, 25:22) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Vôlei Futuro 3:1 (25:20, 25:12, 26:28, 25:22) stats

Ranking
1. Cimed 28 53
2. Pinheiros/Sky 29 51
3. Sesi/SP 29 51
4. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 27 50
5. Montes Claros/Funadem 27 47
6. Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 27 46
7. Vivo/Minas 27 43
8. Vôlei Futuro 28 42
9. Brasil Vôlei Clube 26 41
10. Ulbra/Sao Caetano 27 40
11. Volta Redonda 28 37
12. Santo Andre 28 37
13. Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 28 37
14. Lupo/Nautico/Let's 28 35
15. Upis/Brasilia 27 32
16. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 26 30
17. Alvares/Vitoria 28 30

32th round
Upis/Brasilia - Cimed 0:3 (13:25, 20:25, 23:25) stats
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 3:1 (25:21, 17:25, 25:23, 25:16) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 3:0 (25:17, 25:23, 25:22) stats
Montes Claros/Funadem - Vivo/Minas 3:1 (25:21, 29:31, 25:20, 25:20) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Ulbra/Sao Caetano 1:3 (23:25, 25:18, 24:26, 23:25) stats
Sesi/SP - Vôlei Futuro 3:0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:20) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:2 (21:25, 25:19, 21:25, 25:19) stats

Photo Gallery Pinheiros/Sky vs. Lupo/Nautico/Let's

33th round
Lupo/Nautico/Let's - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 3:2 (32:30, 21:25, 19:25, 25:20, 15:12) stats
Santo Andre - Montes Claros/Funadem 2:3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:21, 23:25, 10:15) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Brasil Vôlei Clube 3:2 (24:26, 25:19, 11:25, 25:19, 15:11) stats
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 3:0 (25:21, 25:17, 25:21) stats
Vivo/Minas - Upis/Brasilia 3:0 (25:14, 25:16, 25:22) stats
Cimed - Volta Redonda 3:0 (25:18, 25:19, 25:15) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Alvares/Vitoria 3:1 (25:23, 24:26, 25:22, 25:13) stats

34th round
Vôlei Futuro - Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 3:0 (28:26, 25:22, 25:17) stats
Ulbra/Sao Caetano - Montes Claros/Funadem 1:3 (20:25, 19:25, 25:23, 19:25) stats
Santo Andre - Brasil Vôlei Clube 0:3 (17:25, 21:25, 21:25) stats
Pinheiros/Sky - Sesi/SP 0:3 (22:25, 18:25, 21:25) stats
Vivo/Minas - Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 3:0 (25:13, 25:12, 25:20) stats
Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei - Upis/Brasilia 3:0 (25:20, 25:19, 25:14) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Volta Redonda 3:2 (28:26, 21:25, 25:17, 23:25, 17:15) stats
Cimed - Alvares/Vitoria 3:0 (25:9, 25:15, 25:16) stats

Photo Gallery Vivo/Minas vs. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã

Ranking
1. Cimed 31 59
2. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 30 55
3. Sesi/SP 31 55
4. Pinheiros/Sky 31 54
5. Montes Claros/Funadem 30 53
6. Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 30 49
7. Brasil Vôlei Clube 30 48
8. Vivo/Minas 30 48
9. Vôlei Futuro 30 45
10. Ulbra/Sao Caetano 30 45
11. Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 31 42
12. Volta Redonda 30 39
13. Santo Andre 30 39
14. Lupo/Nautico/Let's 30 38
15. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 30 35
16. Upis/Brasilia 30 35
17. Alvares/Vitoria 30 32

35th round
Volta Redonda - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 1:3 (16:25, 20:25, 25:18, 21:25) stats
Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão - Cimed 3:0 (27:25, 25:22, 25:21) stats
Alvares/Vitoria - Vivo/Minas 0:3 (21:25, 13:25, 14:25) stats
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Santo Andre 3:2 (20:25, 24:26, 25:23, 25:21, 18:16) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Ulbra/Sao Caetano 1:3 (20:25, 26:28, 25:23, 21:25) stats
Montes Claros/Funadem - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:0 (25:20, 25:15, 25:19) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Vôlei Futuro 3:1 (25:27, 25:13, 29:27, 25:18 ) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Sesi/SP 2:3 (25:18, 25:18, 19:25, 17:25, 10:15) stats

Photo Gallery Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barãox vs. Cimed/Malwee

36th round
Alvares/Vitoria - Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 1:3 (27:25, 19:25, 19:25, 18:25) stats
Volta Redonda - Vivo/Minas 1:3 (24:26, 19:25, 25:18, 18:25) stats
Upis/Brasilia - Santo Andre 1:3 (22:25, 20:25, 26:24, 21:25) stats
Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã - Ulbra/Sao Caetano 0:3 (18:25, 19:25, 16:25) stats
Brasil Vôlei Clube - Lupo/Nautico/Let's 3:1 (25:21, 25:20, 23:25, 25:18 ) stats
Montes Claros/Funadem - Vôlei Futuro 3:0 (27:25, 25:19, 25:21) stats
Fatima/Medquimica/UCS - Pinheiros/Sky 2:3 (19:25, 20:25, 25:21, 25:23, 12:15) stats

Ranking after regular season
1. Cimed 32 60
2. Sada Cruzeiro Vôlei 32 59
3. Montes Claros/Funadem 32 57
4. Sesi/SP 32 57
5. Pinheiros/Sky 32 56
6. Brasil Vôlei Clube 32 52
7. Vivo/Minas 32 52
8. Fatima/Medquimica/UCS 32 51
9. Ulbra/Sao Caetano 32 49
10. Vôlei Futuro 32 47
11. Soya/Blumenau/Furb/Barão 32 44
12. Santo Andre 32 42
13. Volta Redonda 32 41
14. Lupo/Nautico/Let's 32 40
15. Funvic/Uptime Cuiabã 32 38
16. Upis/Brasilia 32 37
17. Alvares/Vitoria 32 34

Quarter finals:

1º Round -

SESI/SP 2x3 Pinheiros/SKY (20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 12-15) - Statistics

Montes Claros 3x0 Brasil Volei Clube (29-27, 25-22, 28-26) - Statistics

CIMED/Florianópolis 3x0 Fátima/UCS Caxias do Sul (25-22, 25-22, 25-23) - Statistics

SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei 3x0 VIVO/Minas (25-20, 25-20, 25-17) - Statistics

2º Round -

Fátima/UCS Caxias do Sul 3x1 CIMED/Florianópolis (23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 26-24) - Statistics

Pinheiros/SKY 3x1 SESI/SP (25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 27-25) - Statistcs

Brasil Volei Clube 3x2 Montes Claros (25-21, 25-22, 23-25, 22-25, 19-17) - Statistics

VIVO/Minas 0x3 SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei (23-25, 23-25, 20-25) - Statistics

3º Round -

Montes Claros 3x2 Brasil Vôlei Clube (25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-12) - Statistics

CIMED/Florianópolis 3x0 Fátima/UCS Caxias do Sul (27-25, 25-23, 25-21) - Statistics

SEMIFINALS:

CIMED/Florianópolis x Pinherios/Sky
SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei x Montes Claros

1º Round -

16/04 - SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei 1x3 Montes Claros (25-22, 26-28, 18-25, 23-25) - Statistics
17/04 - CIMEd/Florianópolis x Pinheiros/SKY

2º Round -

20/04 - Montes Claros x SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei
22/04 - Pinheiros/Sky x CIMED/Florianópolis

3º Round - if necessary

23/04 - SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei x Montes Claros
25/04 - CIMED/Florinaópolis x Pinheiros/Sky

PS.: The opposite Fabricio "Lorena" from Montes Claros is 15 points to become the most scorer in one superleague from all times from Brasilian Superleague, the record so far belongs to ex National Team opposite Anderson, from 2001.

SEMIFINALS:

CIMED/Florianópolis x Pinherios/Sky
SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei x Montes Claros

1º Round -

16/04 - SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei 1x3 Montes Claros (25-22, 26-28, 18-25, 23-25) - Statistics
17/04 - CIMED/Florianópolis 3x2 Pinheiros/SKY (25-19, 31-33, 25-18, 14-25, 16-14) - Statistics

2º Round -

20/04 - Montes Claros x SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei
22/04 - Pinheiros/Sky x CIMED/Florianópolis

3º Round - if necessary

23/04 - SADA Cruzeiro Vôlei x Montes Claros
25/04 - CIMED/Florinaópolis x Pinheiros/Sky

Today playing at home they won Sada Cruzeiro in a incredible game, they came out loosing 0x2, but helped by the warm supporters, turn around and won 3x2. The match had a lot of discussion during all sets, and make things even more emotional. The opposite Wallace, from SADA, injuried two fingers in middle of tie-break, during a blocking attempt. Two of his fingers dislocated, so he had to left court, giving space to Samuel.

The opposite Lorena also got the historical mark of most scorer in a season, he needed 15 points to make this achievement and scorer 20 points in the game, including the last one of the match. It is good to remember, of course, that this season has more teams, and therefor, Lorena had more matches to play and score more. Anyway he beated a mark that was being hold for almost 10 years.

Now Montes Claros waits the winner between Cimed and Pinheiros in the other semifinal.

Montes Claros 3x2 SADA Cruzeiro (20/25, 27/29, 25/23, 25/19, 17/15) - Statistics

Cimed Florianóolis beated the experienced team of Pinheiros in São Paulo today for 3x1 and quali once again for the Final of Brasilian Superleague. They will fase Montes Claros 1st may!

Pinheiros Sky 1x3 CIMED Florianópolis (23-25, 25-23, 16-25, 20-25) - Statistics

Quote from asia

Justyna will be very happy

Definetly....but was very deserved....Bruninho is playing a lot!!!!Not even Gustavo and Rodrigão were able to get his sets...hehehehe

The final will be a good match, I think Cimed is more team then Montes Claros, but Lorena and cia have a big heart, and will definetly fight till the end!!!!

Don't know if there's a whole lot of people interested, but, anyway, here are my thoughts about those results and the upcoming final:

I was kind of rooting for the other way around, as I felt a final between Sada and Pinheiros would've been much more interesting. IMO, Sada played the best volleyball among all semifinalists during most of the competition. In quaterfinals, they crushed Minas very easily. Unfortunately, their level decreased significantly, as I felt Sandro became kind of lost, Bruno Zanuto and Renato Felizardo also missed their A-games and the team became too dependent on Wallace, who's a nice player, has a lot of potential, but it's not quite ready yet.

Montes Claros, on the other hand, had a simpler game, but very effective, and I was very impressed by their setter, Rodriguinho. He completely owned his opponents' block. Not only he knew exactly when to use Lorena (with no doubt, best player of the championship), but he also made Acácio produce a lot. To that, you add players like Diogo and Piá, which are not like top level, but both stepped up big time. I think Piá, especially, it was very important for him to beat his old team. What he didn't have in techique, he made up with a lot of heart.

Pinheiros started Superliga actually very bad and, at the middle of 1st turn, I couldn't see how they'd advance to semifinals. But Cebola did a marvelous job with those guys, and made them into a team, in the end. Marcelinho was back in his best form and MB's were very good too, especially Rodrigão (which surprised, 'cause I'm not a fan of him, but I admit he was one of the most solid players). Their problem is that, facing Cimed, they couldn't overcome some tactical kind of simple problems and I blame that, believe it or not, in nerves. Although Pinheiros players are super experienced, they felt the pressure playing against a team that hasn't missed one final since it was created.

I think this year Cimed is not nearly as strong as they were the last couple of years. Really, they won't be able to top the level they reached last year. Their game is kind of predictable, but they're very good at it. They're not doing anything too different, and other teams know how they play, but even though they get close to beat them, they still aren't able too. I think, going out on a limb, the best thing about Cimed this year is their opposite, Bob. This also surprises me a lot, because, in paper, technically, he's their weakest player. But the guy's really overcoming himself, I never saw him playing this good. I also feel, like Piá and some other players from Montes Claros, he's not that good of a player, but he's making it up by playing with a lot of heart.

So, there, you get it. I think this year this is what's making the difference. Some teams were actually technically a lot stronger, like Minas and Sesi, that got eliminated early on, and also the ones that didn't make past the semis, but some players are so driven into this that they're surpassing the technicall aspects of the game.

Probably Cimed will win, but it'd be really cool if the underdogs took it home. And since heart e drive is making a huge difference this year, I say they actually have a shot at it. Let's see...

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Lorena (with no doubt, best player of the championship)

Could you give me some more information about this player? Why is he not in the NT if he is doing that great in the championship?

@ Yavor

To complement, on what elcioj has said about Lorena. I remember when this guy first came out, like 7 or 8 years ago, in our Superliga. He already was impressive, but very inconsistent at that time. Then, he went out, I think he played a lot of time in France, and maybe also in Italy A-2.

The thing about him is that he's very courageous. His team depends too much on him, but never lets down. He's very poweful attacker and has an amazing jump serve, too hard to receive. And he plays with a lot of passion, he's always leading his teamates and calling their fans, when they play at their stadium. Montes Claros's supporters absolutely love him.

Unfortunately, he's not that young anymore, so he probably won't have much of a chance in NT. He's in the pre-list for WL. Obviously Vissoto will be one of opposites. Lorena would have to fight with Wallace, Theo and João Paulo for the other spot. I actually think none of those guys are playing as good as him, but the age factor might be taken into account. Right now, Wallace is not as good as Lorena, but he shows a lot of promise and may one day be the best brazilian opposite.

Thanks to both of you for the replies! I was very curious about this player, and since I couldn't find much info about him online (in a language I could understand ), what you explained draws the overall picture!

Quote from joanamss

Definetly....but was very deserved....Bruninho is playing a lot!!!!Not even Gustavo and Rodrigão were able to get his sets...hehehehe

The final will be a good match, I think Cimed is more team then Montes Claros, but Lorena and cia have a big heart, and will definetly fight till the end!!!!

I am, I am heheh Good luck in the final!

The team of setter Bruninho won today the final against Monstes Claros by 3x0 (25/22, 25/20 and 31/29) and tie it up with Minas as the biggest champions in Male league.

Monstes Claros started the game better, while Cimed looked a bit nervous, making a lot of mistakes in service. But soon the get their head together, and leaded by a fantastic match of setter Bruninho, that many times let his players against just one man block, they recovered in first set, and win easily in second.

The third one was a real fight. Lorena called the heart of his players, and they fighted till the end. With two blocks in a row, Cimed finished in 31-29!

Both teams made a lot of mistakes, duel to the tension of the game, specially in service, cause they knew was an important aspect in today's match. Lorena looked to ansious, and could not be decisive in service as he usually is. In the other side, Cimed played quite well, played as a group, and made use of a good strategy, that kind of stoped with Montes Claros wishes. But over all was a good event, nice party, and good game.

Statistics: http://www.cbv.com.br/cbv2008/…ga/estatisticas/p2289.pdf

Cimed Guys celebrated dancing "Rebolation"

Photos: http://www.cbv.com.br/cbv2008/imprensa/abrir.asp?id=572

more photos: http://globoesporte.globo.com/…645,00.html#fotogaleria=1

Best Players:

BEST SERVICE – Lorena (Bonsucesso/Montes Claros)

BEST SPIKER – Thiago Alves (Cimed/Malwee)

BEST BLOCKER – Rodrigão (Pinheiros/Sky)

BEST DEFENSE – Thiago Brendle (Bonsucesso/Montes Claros)

BEST RECEPTION – Sérgio Escadinha (Brasil Vôlei Clube)

BEST SETTER – Rodriguinho (Bonsucesso/Montes Claros)

MVP – Bruno (Cimed/Malwee)

So, Again Trento, Cimed, Peykan and Kazan will meet in Doha