European Championships 2011

  • Tomorrow's matches will be a repetition of previous clashes of the preliminary round.
    Turkey beat Italy in a 5-set match and Germany beat Serbia in 4 sets.


    I believe Germany are favourites in the match against Serbia, but this match is very balanced and both teams have chances of winning. In the bronze medal match I believe Italy won't play as motivated as Turkey and I think Turkey has more chances in this match.

  • Novak Djokovic was in Belgrad Arena today (I guess everybody knows him and needs no presentation hehe) & wrote this on his Twitter page:


    "Enjoyed supporting our womans volleyball team today. They deserved to win and i wish all of them luck and gold medal..." http://t.co/hF2AX1lP


    "Well done to Turkish volleyball team for great tournament and fight today. They were unlucky in the end."

  • I told you, Germany will win this Euro Championships. A good team + Gruen is a GREAT TEAM.
    Italy won the last 2 Euro Championships thanks to Aguero, Germany good team + Angelina becomes European Champion. :super:

  • Ortolani replaced Piccinini (Finally :lol: )


    Piccinini was playing quite badly :S Ortolani started very well in that set, then... :wacko:


    where is piccinini


    i need you to receive at set point


    :lol: :lol:


    Kozuch is simply playing out of her mind!!!


    :cheesy: :cheesy: :obey: :obey:



    On the other hand, I wish Italy could've shown their teeth a bit more. I expected a more balanced match.


    But, anyway, I find it great that Germany could display such great level. I really hope they can make the Olympics.


    Me too... But I agree, I wish Germany will make it to the Olympics^^


    With the time I always like less and less Piccinini...


    I saldy agree... I didn't like her in this ECh, of course in the match vs Holland she was ok, but I expected more from her...I hoped for Bosetti to have more chances... I like to think to our future too (for example, I would have prefer Crisanti to Anzanello...)


    It's difficult to say. It's rather mental problem


    Agree, I don't think that 'being tired' is something that can prevent you to play ebrgically a final! Serbia male NT in the last ECh is a perfect example, as you said, but also the last Italian Cup (Cuneo won 3-0 and the evening before the "old" guys played an intense 5 sets-match vs Macerata in the semis, while Trento played an easy 3 sets-match in the afternoon...)


    It's because Ger-Ita played first game at 18.00 PM, and the price of tickets per game average is between 20-30 EUR, so taking the bad economical situation in Serbia, most of the people choose to look the second game Serbia-Turkey at 20.00 ... but sure it's shame because the semifinals of EC in land of volleyball... :thumbdown:


    I was really surprised too! And about this comment about the tickets, usually the ticket is for both the matches of the day! So it's more natural to think the opposite, "because I payed for two matches, I'd like to watch both!", if we are speaking about prices. So I think the real problem was: lots of Serbian fans wasn't interested in watching the other match.



    Let me add: many many compliments to Germany, they played a great match! While Italy disappointed me :down:


    And compliments to Serbia, insane start :obey: !! And wonderful come back in the tie break! Honestly at the end I was ceerhing for Turkey, I love their team, but I think they need to work about making mistakes, also vs Russia even if they won they made few stupid mistake... About their fighting spirit, amazing! :white: :white:


    I'm sorry, because I wanted Turkey on the podium, but now... There is one place left for the podium, and obviously I hope Italy will take it ^^ Even if I think that Turkey deserve it more than us, for they courage, the spirit they have :thumbup:

  • According to CEV , some stats 02.10.2011


    Best Scorer Ranking
    1. Milena Rasic (SRB)
    2. Chris Fürst (GER)
    3. Bahar Toksoy (TUR)
    4. Costagrande (ITA)
    5. Gioli (ITA)


    Best Receiver Ranking
    1. Grün (GER)
    2. Tzscherlinh (GER)
    3. Gülden (TUR)
    4. Gözde (TUR)
    5. Brinker (GER)


    Best Scorer
    1. Neriman (TUR)
    2. Brakocevic (SRB)
    3. Rasic (SRB)
    4. Eda (TUR)
    5. Costagrande (ITA)


    Best Server
    1. Eda (TUR)
    2. Del Core (ITA)
    3. Bahar (TUR)
    4. Brakocevic (SRB)
    5. Ognjenovic (SRB)


    Best Setter
    1. Weiss (GER)
    2. Ognjenovic (SRB)
    3. Lo Bianco (ITA)
    4. Özge (TUR)


    Best Spiker
    1. Neriman (TUR)
    2. Brakocevic (SRB)
    3. Kozuch (GER)
    4. Neslihan (TUR)
    5. Eda (TUR)

    "Lo sbaglio più grande e quello di credere di aver vinto prima ancora di giocare la partita"

  • i am very happy Grun came back,,she's on my list of best volleyball player of the world along with Logan Tom and Luibov Sokolova,, maybe Fenerbache could hire Grun LOgan Sokolova Rasic Akindradewo and Maja and Davis!!that would be my dream team and Hooker also as substitute!!

  • I have to say Kozuch has really impressed me this tournament, she have played incredible at times, something I really did´nt thought for some months ago and especially when she played pretty bad in Odintosovo. Hope she can continue this play in Poland upcoming season :) What a team in offense Sopot has btw with Hodge, Kozuch and Neriman !!!

  • piccinini and del core has already lost they're touch..maybe it's time to pass it on to bosseti and barcellini..


    they should follow japan,,when sakoda isnt performing they pull out ishida ebata kano or even rissa and the whole match turns around..italy having theyre vast selection of italian players in theyre league doesnt hone any new reinforcement to thyre veterans..

  • Press Conference After the Semifinal Match - Lo Bianco & Margareta Kozuch



    Italy captain Eleonora Lo Bianco: “I’m very sad we lost tonight, I think we didn’t expect to perform that poor. I’d like to congratulate the German team, since Germany played a great match tonight. It seems to me that everything went the wrong way for us and that’s why we have lost this match.”


    Germany captain Anna Margareta Kozuch: “Two years ago we played the match against Italy, but we lost that match; today, we had the same chance to beat them and to win the match and we’ve done it. We are in the finals now. I think we were amazing tonight; our tactical performance was more than good. We all are looking forward to tomorrow’s match and I hope we will play a great match, like today.”

    "Lo sbaglio più grande e quello di credere di aver vinto prima ancora di giocare la partita"

  • Great success for Germany. The ECh final is a biggest result for this team and country since 1989... :whistling: I'm not really surprised with their victory over Italians, because they have already showed good volleyball in the tournament. But they didn't even let Italians win a single set. Impressive!
    In the second semi I was supporting Turkey. Turkish players had had terrible start and then began to play really well. I feel sorry for them, they were so close.... Germany-Turkey would be a great final, because matches between these two countries are always full of emotions - no matter what sport discipline it is.
    Maybe Turkey will be able to take a bronze. It would be nice.
    Neither Serbia nor Germany are my favourite teams, so I don't care much who will take the gold. I just hope the volleyball and sport spirit will win.
    I can't stand our Polish commentator Magiera (as usual...), who is really annoying. How he pronounces players names is a pure and clear crime. I suppose even if somebody had name "A", Magiera would have problems with pronouncing it correctly :thumbdown: I don't understand how such an illiterate can be hired by Polsat. He is a discgrace of a journalism... X(

    The most important 3:
    POLAND-SZCZECIN-VOLLEYBALL


    5th place - Prediction Game - World League 2011 :D

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  • Germany is European Champion? It must be end of the world :roll:


    Go Serbia, fight for title :box:

  • gioli my love.. :flower:


    after all these years, piccinini's reception hasn't improved one bit... :lol:

  • I thought maybe Turkey would have an emotional letdown after losing such an intense semifinal but they look very enthusiastic and ready to play.

  • turkey looks dangerous today.... :D

  • turkey gets set 1... neslihan... :heart: